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.EOiMARD Manual 

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New York and Vicinity. 



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bodying a brief history and description of all the regular hTtfw York'^'iid ^ 
neighboring cemeteries, their location and accessibility, together 
with an official list of prices of graves, lots and plots; 
a sunnnnary of the rules and regulations governing 

sanne, and such other infornnation as will "^^^^O/C 
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PREFACE. 



The aim of this Httle work is to supply a need, which in the local 
cemetery field has long been wanting. It represents an effort at the 
gathering of special information concerning the cemeteries of New 
York and vicinity, and the reduction of the same into concise and 
readable form. The cemetery is usually the last thought to occupy 
the mind of mankind, but moments do come when the inquiry is 
presented regarding the location of the local cemeteries and their 
prices, and to enable an inquiring public generally to possess itself 
of the proper information on the subject is one of the intentions of 
the author in offering this volume. 

Some of the most beautiful cemeteries in the world are located 
within twenty-five miles of this city. The combined efforts of 
famous landscape artists and sculptors, aided by nature, have been 
spent in beautifying these resting places of the departed, and mil- 
lions of dollars of invested capital are represented within their 
borders. The information herein contained has been supplied in 
nearly every instance by the oflicials of the various cemeteries 
treated of, and consequently may justly be considered official 
in its character. Should this volume meet with the desired success, 
an annual edition will be published on more comprehensive and 
elaborate lines. 

THE AUTHOR. 

New York, January 1, 1895. 



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AHAWATH CHESEDS CEMETERY, 

East Williamsburgh, New York. 

OFFICE ON GROUNDS. 

This is a small Jewish cemetery situated in East Williamsburgh- 
near Lutheran Cemetery. It comprises about 13 acres, and it is said 
that there are several hundred bodies buried within its limits. It is 
reached from New York by the surface cars from Grand and Roose- 
velt Streets ferries, and the Long Island Railroad trains to Middle 
Village. 

ARLINGTON CEMETERY, 

Arlington, Hudson county, new Jersey. 

OFFICE, 239 Washington St., Jersey City. 

TELEPHONE 521 JERSEY CITY. 

Arlington Cemetery was founded in 1882, and opened in July of 
the following year. It embraces at present about 40 enclosed acres, 
and is one of the prettiest cemeteries in the State of New Jersey. 
It is located at Arlington, about six miles from Jersey City and 
Hoboken ferries, on the New York & Greemvood Lake Railroad, 
and can be reached from New York by that railroad and by the 
West Newark Avenue, Jersey City, and Belleville turnpikes. 
Already there have been about 2,000 interments ; and the average 



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number of interments for the last three years has been 250 a year. 
Arlington claims the distinction of having been the first New 
Jersey cemetery to adopt the "landscape lawn plan," and the 
wisdom of this plan has been amply demonstrated in this cemetery. 

PRICES. 

Adult's single graves, 3x8 x 7 feet $16 

Child's " " under 10 years, 7 feet deep 12 

Infant's " " 3 feet x 6 inches long and 7 feet deep 8 

" " " 3 feet long and 7 feet deep 6 

The price of plots range from $115 and upwards, and contain 108 
square feet, allowing for four graves. The erection of corner posts, 
sodding, and perpetual care are included in the purchase price of 
each lot. 

The charges for reopening graves are : child's grave, $4 ; adult's, 
$5, and extra depth, |6. Two interments are allowed in a single 
grave, and twelve hours' notice is required before the reopening of 
a grave can be secured. 

As the lawn plan prevails in this cemetery, no enclosure of any 
kind is permitted around graves or plots Headstones and foot- 
stones cannot exceed eighteen inches in height and not less than 
six inches thick and thirty inches wide. Bodies may be disinterred 
by mutual consent of grave or lot owners and trustees, and when a 
plot is purchased by a grave owner, the original cost of the grave, 
less the cost of opening, is allowed in part payment of the lot. 

H. Dummer is President of the cemetery ; J. II. Pratt, Comp- 
troller ; H. F. Torrey, Secretary and Treasurer, and James Sickels, 
Superintendent of the grounds. 



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BAPTIST CEMETERY, 

Paterson, New jersey. 

OFFICE ON GROUNDS, OAK and LALEY STREETS. 

jSTo graves or lots are sold in the Baptist Cemetery. It is one of 
the oldest in Paterson and is small in extent. It belongs to the 
members of the Baptist Churches of that city and within recent 
years few interments have been made in it. 

The cost of reopening a grave is $4. The estimated number of 
bodies buried in this cemetery is 2,500. 



BAYSIDE CEMETERY, 

JAMAICA, L. I. 
OFFICE ON GROUNDS. 



About twenty acres comprise the extent of Bay side Cemetery, 
which is located in Jamaica, Long Island. The cemetery is reached 
by the electric cars from East New York or by the Long Island 
Railroad to Woodhaven station. Several hundred bodies are buried 
in this cemetery. The superintendent is Isaac Stamper. 



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BAY VIEW CEMETERY, 

JERSEY CITY, N. J. 
OFFICE, Ocean and Chapel Avenues, Jersey City. 

TELEPHONE NO. 8 JERSEY CITY. 

Bay View Cemetery is situated on Ocean Avenue, Greenville, 
Jersey City, two and one-half miles from Cortlandt and Desbrosses 
Street ferries, Jersey City, and lies adjacent to New York Bay 
Cemetery, being separated therefrom by Chapel Avenue. It is a 
comparatively new cemeter}^ and its lots and plots are owned by 
prominent Jersey City residents, among others E. F. C. Young, a 
well-known banker of Jersey City. The cemetery was founded 
June 2, 1884, and opened in July, 1885. It is a beautiful cemetery, 
laid out on the lawn plan, and comprises seventeen and one-half 
acres. About 2,600 bodies have been interred, and the average num- 
ber of interments per year is 600. The grounds are divided into 
four sections known as Bay View Section, Edge wood Section, 
Morningside Section, and Cedar Lawn Section, and are reached by 
the Bayonne and Greenville trolley lines from the Pennsylvania 
ferry, Jersey City ; from New York by Desbrosses Street and 
Cortlandt Street ferries, and by the Central Railroad of New Jersey, 
to Greenville Station. The price of single graves is $25, $20 and 
$18, including opening ; lots $1.25 per square foot. As New York 
Bay Cemetery operates Bay View Cemetery, the size of graves and 



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plots, cost of opening graves, number of interments, vault cliarges, 
etc. , are the same in both cemeteries. 

Charles E. Souther is President ; Augustus Zabriskie, Vice-Presi- 
dent ; John W. Heck, Secretary and Treasurer, and Tliomas AY. 
Tilden is Superintendent. 



BEECHWOOD CEMETERY, 

New rochelle, n. y., 

OFFICE ON GROUNDS. 

Beech wood Cemetery is situated on Beechwood Avenue, New 
Rochelle, is about thirty acres in extent, and is reached by the New 
Haven Railroad. It is about forty years old, and with an average of 
150 interments per year it is estimated that there are about 5,000 
bodies buried in this cemetery. 

The price of single graves is $13, which includes the opening and 
the size 3x8x6 feet. The reopening charges are $5 for adult's and 
$3 for children's graves. The plots range from $200 to $250, 16x16 
feet, with twelve graves. There is a vault for which a charge of 
$15 is made for three months with a gradual rebate. J. G. Ross is 
the Superintendent. 



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fi. E. TAYLOR 5 CO., 

NEW YORK. 

Manufacturers of Fine Grade 

Funeral Goods. 

STRICTLY WHOLESALE. 

Now building at 154 East 23d Street a seven=story fire=proof 

building, wherein will be located our w^arerooms and offices on and 
after May 1st, 1895. 

NEW CASKET FACTORIES: 

508, 510, 512 E. 72nd Street, 511, 513 E. 71st Street, 

New York. 

CASKET HARDWARE FACTORIES: 
Hadlyme, Conn. 



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BERGEN CEMETERY. 

BERGEN AVE. AND VROOM ST., JERSEY CITY, N. J. 

OFFICE, 21 HoBOKEN Ave., Jersey City. 

About one hundred interments are made annually in Bergen 
Cemetery, and it is estimated that there aie 2,000 bodies 
buried in its graves. It was opened in 1836 and is located corner of 
Bergen Avenue and Vroom Street, Jersey City, and is reached by 
the Montgomery Street or Newark Avenue cars from the Pennsyl- 
vania ferries, a mile and a half distant. Single graves, 3x8, cost $10, 
while plots, 14x14 feet are $200. Charges for reopening graves, 
$6 ; two bodies to each grave and twelve graves to a plot. Ten 
hours' notice required for opening a grave, and the vault charge is 
$6 for three montlis. No wooden enclosures are allowed. 



B'NAI ABRAHAM CEMETERY, 

532 S. ORANGE AVE., NEWARK, N. J. 
OFFICE AT CEMETERY. 

B'Nai Abraham is a small Jewish cemetery of five acres, located 
on South Orange Avenue, Newark, and belongs to the congregation 
of that name on Washington Street, in that city. It is reached by 



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the South Orange Avenue cars from Market Street, Newark. It 
was opened in 1866 and contains about 700 bodies. The price of 
single graves is $25, ordinary dimensions, while plots providing for 
eight and twelve graves cost $200. One body is allowed to each 
grave, and the cost of reopening a grave is $8. There is no vault. 



B'NAI ISRAEL CEMETERY, 



No. 130 Paterson Street, Paterson, n. J. 



OFFICE AT CEMETERY. 



A small Jewish cemetery is B'Nai Israel. It is situated on Pater- 
son Street, Paterson, and is reached from New York by the Erie, 
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, Susquehanna & Western Rail- 
roads, and the Paterson turnpike from Jersey City. It is owned by 
the B'Nai Israel congregation of Paterson. Several hundred bodies 
fire buried in this cemeterv. 



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B'NAI JACOB CEMETERY, 

S. Orange Ave., Newark, n. j. 

OFFICE, 55 Broome Street, Newark, N. J. 

B'Nai Jacob Cemetery is five acres in extent and adjoins B'Nai 
Abraham Cemetery, on South Orange Avenue, Newark. It is the 
property of the local Jewish congregation of that name, and is cut 
up into single graves. The price of graves is $25, 3x7 feet, and 
reopening, $3. The cemetery was opened in 1890 and since that 
period about five hundred interments have taken place. 



B'NAI SESHURUN CEMETERY, 

Laurel Grove, Paterson, n. j. 

OFFICE AT CEMETERY. 

B'Nai Seshurun Cemetery is reached the same as Cedar Lawn 
Cemetery, and is situated at Laurel Grove, Paterson. It is a private 
Jewish burying ground and is small in extent. The B'Nai Seshurun 
congregation of Paterson owns the cemetery. 



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CALVARY CEMETERY, 



NEWTOWN, L. I. 



OFFICE, 266 Mulberry St., New Yori 



Calvary Cemetery is by far the most important burial ground in 
the vicinity of New York, and, in fact, in the United States in point 
of interments, extent and the number of monuments and headstones 
that go to make it a wilderness of rising tombstones. It is the lead- 
ing Roman Catholic cemetery of the metropolis, and has been such 
since its opening in August, 1848. It belongs to the diocese of New 
York, and it is managed by the Board of Trustees of St. Patrick's 
Cathedral, and they are responsible for its care and maintenance. 
The cemetery proper contains about 300 acres, although there is con- 
siderable additional land which may, as future occasions require, be 
turned into a burial ground. 

The cemetery is about one and one-half miles from New York city, 
and is reached by ferries from East Tenth Street, East Twenty-third 
Street, East Thirty-fourth Street, and Roosevelt Street, and from 
Williamsburgh by the Grand and Houston Street ferries, thence 
by way of the Grand Street horse-cars. 

The grounds at present are laid out in numbered sections. The 
first ten sections are located in what is known as the Old Calvary, 



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Columbia Casket Company, 

No. 40 BLEECKER STREET, 
NEW YORK. 



Me (3ive ^ow 

What you want. 
When you want it. 
As you order it. 
As we promise it. 

TELEPHONE, No. 722 SPRING. 




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the succeeding Six Sections in the tirst New Calvary and Sections IT 
and 18 are in that part of the cemetery last opened. Plots, half 
plots and quarter plots with graves make up the plan of sub-division 
of the grounds; but only the bodies of those persons who die in active 
Catholic faith and practice are allowed to be buried within its pre- 
cincts. Since the cemetery was opened about 520,000 bodies 
have been interred and the considerable number of 1 8,000 repre- 
sents the average yearly interments. There is a "poor" or free 
ground wherein are buried the bodies of the deserving poor of the 
diocese ; but permission even for interment in this part is obtainable 
only upon the recommendation of a Catholic clergyman. All per- 
mits for interment must be obtained, and moneys paid at the New 
York office twenty-four hours in advance of the funeral, and 
this office is open daily from 8 A. M. to 4.30 P. M., except on Satur- 
days when it closes at 2 P. M. The office is not open on Sundays. 
The rules governing the enclosure Of plots or graves prohibit the use 
of wood or wire. Monuments or headstones must be erected on 
foundations of solid masonry 16 inches thick, sunk to a depth of 9 
feet, and must be built of stone, granite or marble. No removal of 
a body will be allowed between May 1 and Nov. 1. 
John Hogan is Superintendent of the cemetery. 

prices. 

Single graves, 2x9x9 feet, |15 and $25, according to location, and 
exclusive of opening. 

Plots of 16 graves, $500 and upwards ; fractional plots, $125 and 
upwards. Temporary graves, $7 and $3. Opening graves, adult, 
$7 ; children 7 to 14 years, $5, and under 7 years, $3. Vault 




CEMETERY OFFICE, CALVARY CEMETERY. 



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charges, $1 and price of opening grave for temporary use only. 
THREE BODIES, ADULTS, ARE NOW LIMITED TO A 
SINGLE GRAVE. 

Sections 9 and 10 of this cemetery are not 
included in tine Newtown tax. 



CEDAR GROVE CEMETERY, 

Corona, l. I. 

OFFICE, 123 East 23d St., New York. 

Cedar Grove Cemetery was opened in August, 1893, and is located 
between Corona and Flushing, L. I., five and one-half miles from 
New York. It is the nearest cemetery to the upper end of the city 
from the East Ninety- ninth Street Ferry, and is reached also by the 
Long Island Railroad from East Thirty-fourth Street Ferry, or by 
the East Twenty-third, Thirty-fourth, Roosevelt, Houston and Grand 
Street ferries. Four hundred acres comprise the cemetery, and 
the first year it was opened over one hundred bodies were interred 
in it. The lawn plan prevails in this cemetery with its accompany- 
ing restrictions regarding enclosures of graves, plots and lots, and a 
few hours' notice only is required to secure the opening of a grave. 

The size of a single grave is 33^x8 feet ; price $15. Plots. lOx 
20, 11x10 and 20x20 admitting twelve, twenty-four and forty- 



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eight graves, cost from $40 to $300. Plots are sold on the install-' 
ment plan. Vault charges are $15, but its use is free to a plot owner. 
The purchase of a plot secures the refunding of the vault tax. 
Three adult bodies are allowed to each grave. Cost of opening 
graves is included in purchase price. Reopening is $5 for adult, 
and $3 for child. J. Parker Sloane, President ; Charles L. Sicardi, 
Comptroller ; J. S. Ogilvie, Vice-President ; J. W. Fraser, Secre- 
tary ; J. E. McAlpine, Superintendent. 



CEDAR LAWN CEMETERY, 

PATERSON, N. J. 
OFFICE, PATERSON Savings Bank Building. 

The Cemetery is located in Paterson, N. J., on the boundary line 
between Market Street and Lake View, and is one of the leading 
cemeteries of that city. It is about twenty years old, and the es- 
timated number of interments in it is 20,000. The price of a single 
grave is $14, including opening. Plots range from $70 and up- 
wards, and measure 10x16 feet and upwards. One body is al- 
lowed to each grave. The cost of reopening a grave is $4 adult, 
and $3 child. Children's graves are $11, including opening. There 
is a vault charge of $1. S. H. Hammersley is Superintendent, and 
twelve hours' notice is required for opening graves. 



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CHEVRA B'NAI SHOLAU CEMETERY, 

Newtown, l. I. 
OFFICE AT CEMETERY. 

This is one of a number of small Jewish cemeteries in Newtown, 
L. I., and was opened two years ago. It is reached from Long 
Island City the same as Macpelah Cemetery. 



CITY CEMETERY OF NEW YORK, 

HART'S ISLAND, WESTCHESTER CO., N. Y. 
OFFICE, 66 3D Ave., New York. 

The City Cemetery of New York, or Potter's Field, is located on 
Hart's Island, on Long Island Sound, nearly opposite New Rochelle, 
and it is under the control of the New York City Department of 
Charities and Correction. The cemetery was opened April 20, 1869, 
and contains about 20 acres and receives its bodies from the city 
morgue. It is a cemetery of unclaimed dead. There are 150 
trenches divided into graves, and three bodies are buried in each grave. 
It is estimated that there are about 90,000 bodies buried, and the 
average number interred yearly is about 5,000. The burials take place 



23 Leonard's Manual of The Cemeteijies. 



tiverj day except Sunday, and in the winter season on Tuesdays and 
Fridays only. A body can be secured from the City Cemetery by giving 
24 hours' notice to the Department of Charities, and between May and 
November all exhumed bodies are placed in metallic cases hermeti- 
cally sealed. John Bapp is keeper of the City Cemetery. The City 
Cemetery is reached by boat from the foot of East Twenty-sixlh 
Street, wdiich leaves daily. All removals are made only by permit 
from Board of Health of New York City. 



CITY CEMETERY OF BROOKLYN, 

FLATBUSH, L. I. 
OFFICE, Almshouse, Flatbush, L. I. 

The Potter's Field of Brooklyn is located in the town of Flat- 
bush, near the County Buildings, and is nearl}^ five miles from the 
Brooklyn Bridge. The unclaimed and pauper dead of Kings 
County are buried in it, and it is believed that there are several 
thousand bodies already interred in its graves. It is reached by way 
of Flatbush Avenue from Fulton Ferry, and Nostrand Avenue from 
Grand and Roosevelt Street ferries. New York. 



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CITY CEMETERY OF JERSEY CITY AND 
HOBOKEN. 

Snake Hill, Hudson Co., N. J. 

OFFICE COUNTY BUILDINGS, SNAKE HILL. 

The Hudson County City Cemetery is located at Snake Hill, six 
miles from Christopher and Barclay Street ferries, Hoboken. It is 
reached by the trains of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western 
Railroad to Secaucus Station, and by the turnpike from Jersey City 
to the former place. 



CITY CEMETERY OF NEWARK, 

Waverly, N. J. 
OFFICE, Overseer of the Poor of Newark. 

About sixteen acres of ground comprise this Cemetery of the 
Newark pauper dead, and is situated at Waverly, just outside of 
the former city, on the line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. 




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NATIONAL CASKET COMPANY 

EAT Jones Street. New York City. ' 



108 Livingston Street, 
HoBOKEN, New Jersey. 



iROOKLYN, N. Y. 



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CITY CEMETERY OF PATERSON, 

North paterson, n. j. 

OFFICE, PooRHousE, North Paterson, N. J. 

This Cemetery is situated back of the County Poorhouse in 
North Paterson, N. J., and the bodies of tliose persons who died as 
paupers in Paterson are buried in it. 



CLINTON CEMETERY, 

Union avenue, irvington, n. j. 

OFFICE, Springfield Ave. and Center St., Irvington, N. J. 

Clinton Cemetery is one of the oldest in the vicinity of Newark, 
N. J., and comprises eight acres. It was opened February 28, 
1844, and there have been 2,500 bodies interred. It is reached from 
Newark by the Clinton and Springfield Avenue cars. Among the 
prominent plot owners are : ex-Congressman Amos J. Cummings of 
New York, and ex-Mayor Haynes of Newark. 

The price of sirgie graves, 2.8x7x6 feet is $13. Plots 13x21 
feet $75, twelve graves ; cost of reopening graves $5, and two 
bodies to each grave. Twenty-four hours' notice for opening. Ira 
Meeker, President ; J. H. Mortland, Secretary, and J. H. Van 
Cleve, Treasurer. 



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CONSTABLE HOOK CEMETERY, 

Constable Hook, bayonne City, N.J. 

OFFICE AT THE CEMETERY. 

This Cemetery is about thirty years old, and is located at Con- 
stable Hook, Bayonne City, N. J., seven miles from the Pennsyl- 
vania Eailroad Jersey City ferries. The estimated number of 
bodies buried in it is 7,000, and the average yearly number of in- 
terments is fifty. Price of adult graves 2x 8x6 feet is $12, child's, 
$5. Reopening adult grave $5, child's $3. The price of plots con- 
taining eight graves is $50 and upwards. Twenty-four hours' notice 
for opening grave. N. D. Lockwood, Undertaker, Avenue D and 
Sixth Street, Bayonne City, is Superintendent. 



CYPRESS HILLS CEMETERY, 

CYPRESS HILLS, BROOKLYN, N. Y. 
OFFICE, 124 Bowery, New York, and at the Cemetery. 

Cypress Hills is one of the leading and most beautiful cemeteries 
of New York, and one of the oldest in the modern class, having 
been opened in November, 1848. About 500 acres comprise its ex- 
tent and it is estimated that it contains about 138,000 bodies. The 



Leonard's Manual of The Cemeteries. 27 



average number of interments auniiall}^ is 3,000. The cemetery is 
reached from New York by the Grand Street, Roosevelt Street, 
and Twenty-third Street ferries to Broadway, Williamsbnrgh ; 
thence by the Jirooklyn elevated road to Ridgewood, whence 
cars nin to the cemetery ; trains of Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn 
Rapid Transit, cars of the Long Island Railroad to Crescent Street, 
or from the Brooklyn Bridge and Fulton, Wall, and South ferries, ta 
Jamaica Avenue, thence by electric surface cars to the main en- 
trance. The distance from New York is about seven miles. The 
grounds are laid out into sections, lots, plots, and graves, and are most 
picturesque in their geographical character, and handsome vaults 
and classic monuments make the cemetery a most attractive spot. 
Scores of benevolent, social, ecclesiastical, and humane societies 
own plots there, and the best of care and attention are given to their 
maintenance. James Rod well is President of the cemetery ; F. H. 
Way, Treasurer ; A. M. Fraser, Secretary, and R. F. Butt, superin- 
tendent. 

PRICES. 

Prices of lots vary from $60 to $600 each, depending upon size 
and location, and measure 16x25 feet and upwards. Single graves 
(including the charge for the first opening) are : For adults, $12.00, 
and $20.00 ; for children under ten years of age, $8.50. Subsequent 
interments may be made subject to the usual charge for reopening, 
$4.00 and $5.00. Graves for adults, usual depth six feet, $5.00 ; 
seven feet, $6.00 ; eight feet, $7-00 ; nine feet, $8.00 ; ten feet, 9.00. 
Graves for children under ten years, usual depth six feet, $4.00 ; 
eight feet, $5.00 ; ten feet, $6.00 ; vaults underground, $5.00 : 
above ground, ^2.00. 



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Charge for receiving tomb for adults is $15.00 ; children under 
ten years of age, $10.00. If removed to any lot or grave in the 
cemetery within thirty days, the whole amount deposited will be 
returned except $1.00 for transportation. If the remains are re- 
moved from the cemetery, nothing will l)e returned. Onlers for 
interments, at the New York office, from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. To 
avoid possible detention at the grave, orders sliould be given the day 
previous. 

Two and three bodies are allowed to a single grave, and 15 graves 
to a plot. 

Sections 1, 2, 4, and 5, and parts of 3, 7, 14, 
and 18 are exempt from the Newtown tax. 



DUTCH REFORMED CEMETERY, 

TOTAWA AVE., PATERSON, N. J. 

OFFICE ON GROUNDS. 

This old Cemetery is located on Totawa Avenue, Paterson, and is 
used only by the members of the Dutch Reformed Church of that 
city, who own plots in it. Graves or plots are not sold, and the 
price of opening a grave is $4. The cemetery is reached from New 
York by the Erie, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, and New 
York, Susquehanna and Western Railroads. Rev. Theodore 
Wheeler, Pastor of the Second Reformed Church of Paterson, is 
President of the Trustees of the Cemetery. Estimated number of 
interments 2,000. 






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EPISCOPAL CEMETERY, 

PATERSON, N. J. 

OFFICE, 124 Oak Street, Paterson, N. J. 

This Cemetery is located on Oak Street, Paterson, N. J., is very 
old, and like the Dutch Reformed Cemetery in that city, it is the 
private burying ground for members of the^local Episcopal Church. 
I'he price for opening a grave is $4. 



EVERGREENS CEMETERY, 

BROOKLYN, N. Y. 
OFFICE AT CEMETERY, Bushwick Ave. and Conway St. 



TELEPHONE CALL, 18 EAST NEW 



Evergreens Cemetery is situated in Brooklyn, parti}' in Kings 
County, and partly in Queens County, and its main entrance is near 
the terminus of the Brooklyn Elevated Road, on Bushwick Avenne. 
It contains 300 acres, and was opened for burial purposes in 1851. 
It is ^regarded as a perfect rural cemetery by reason of its pictur- 
escpie seclusion, and the natural beauties of its woods, knolls, dells 
and lakelets, and over $500,000 have been expended in bringing it 
to its present state of perfection. It v/as originally organized under 
the Cemetery Act of 1847, but was reorganized under a special new 



Leonards Manual of The Cemeteries. 31 

act of the New York Legislature in 1870. It has about 140,000 
bodies interred, and there is a yearly average of burials amounting 
to 6,000. There are many fine monuments in the cemetery, and 
the Actors' Fund of America has a plot of considerable size. 
Twenty thousand bodies of sailors are buried in this cemetery, the 
different nationalities being represented by stone monoliths. The 
cemetery is reached by the Broadway (Brooklyn) ferries, thence via 
the Elevated Road to Ridgewood. The officers are : Charles G. 
Bennett, President ; Charles C. Cummings, Vice-President ; John 
W. Grace, Treasurer, and Charles Pfeiffer, Superintendent. 

Prices. 
Single graves, adults, $16, $20 and $22, including opening, and 
according to location; children under ten years, $12.50 and $15. 
A full plot contains 400 superficial feet, or 16x25 feet, admitting 
about sixteen adult graves, and the prices vary from $300 to $1,600, 
according to location. Lots 10x20 feet, which will admit of eight 
graves, from $150 to $400 ; lots 12.6x8 feet, with four adult graves, 
$75 to $250. Opening graves costs for child, $4. Adult coflin $4, 
and adult box $5. Single temporary graves $6 for adult, and $3 
for child. Vault charges are $20 for six months for an adult, 
and $15 for a child under ten years, and there is a rebate of $15 and 
$10 if a body is removed from the vault within three and six 
months. Three adult bodies are allowed to a single grave. Those 
parts of the cemetery known as Bethel Slope, Mt Pisgah, Mt. 
Hebron, Solitude, Mt. Magnolia, Cedar Vale, North Mead, Mt. Leir, 
Mt. Hernon, Mt. Taber, Shiloh, Evergreen Hedge, Pleasant Hill, Mt. 
Grace, and the Ecclesiastical plots are included in the Newtown tax. 



32 Leonakds Manual of The Cemeteries. 

EVERGREEN CEMETERY, 

ELIZABETH, N. J. 

OFFICE ON GROUNDS, Upper Road to Newark. 

Evergreen ('emetery was opened in 1853, and it is estimated that 
there are 15,000 bodies buried in it. It is a cemetery of about 100 
acres, and the average number of interments per year is about 700. 
This cemetery is reached from Newark by Freylinghuysen Avenue, 
and is divided into sections, lots, and graves. Single graves, 3.0 
x9x6 feet, are $5, |7, |10, and $14 ; and opening for adult $5, and 
child $3. There is a vault charge of $15, which is refunded less 
$1, when a plot is purchased. One body is allowed to each grave, 
and eight hours' notice is required to secure an opening. Charles 
Russ is President ; E. B. Woodruff, Vice-President ; Edward S. 
Atwater, Secretary and Treasurer, and H. H. Cooke, Superintendent. 



EVERGREEN CEMETERY, 

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. 

OFFICE, 88 ScHusEMAN Street, New Brunswick, n, J. 

Eight acres comprise this cemetery, which is located at the head 
of Commercial Avenue, just outside of the city^limits of New Bruns- 
wick, N. J. It was founded in December, 1886, and opened the 



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following year. The total number of interments have been about 
300. The cemetery is reached from New York by the Pennsylvania 
Railroad, and Central Railroad of New Jersey to New Brunswick, 
thence via Commercial Avenue. 

The size of single graves is 2.6x8x6 feet, and of plots, 12x17, 
12x21, 16x21, 18x21, and 21x21 feet. The single graves cost $6, and 
plots from |50 to $200, according to size and location. There are from 
twelve to twenty-one graves to each plot. Reopening grave for 
adult is $3, and child, $2. One body to a single grave. A 
notice of four hours will secure the reopening of a grave. Vault 
charges are $12, of which $10 is refunded when a plot is purchased. 
No wood enclosure is allowed in this cemetery. 

Fletcher Felter is President, Dennis Vanderbilt, Vice-President; 
Benjamin Conover, Secretary, and Bornt Stevenson, Treasurer and 
Superintendent. 



FAIRLAWN CEMETERY, 



paterson, n. j. 



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FAIRMOUNT CEMETERY, 

South orange avenue, Newark, n. j. 

OFFICE AT CEMETERY, Entrance 489 S. Orange Ave. 

Fairmount is one of the leading, as well as one of the most beau- 
tiful, cemeteries of the city of Newark, N. J., and comprises one 
hundred acres, 60 per cent, of which is laid out in sections and 
lots. It is reached from any part of Newark by South Orange 
Avenue by carriage or by cars under the transfer system, and the 
subdivision of the grounds include family burial plots, single grave 
plots, society plots, and soldiers' plots. About 40 per cent, of the 
interments are made in single grave plots, comprising plots for 
adults, youth, and children. The cemetery was incorporated in 
1855, and the first interment was made the same year — that of Lewis 
J. Pierson, in lot 9, Section E. There have been about 28,800 inter- 
ments, and the average number per annum is about 1,300. The 
lawn plan, with its prohibition of enclosures, has been adopted by 
this cemetery. 

Single graves, 3x9x6 ft. for adult costs $18 ; youth's, 5x2x6 ft., 
$14 ; Children, 4x1.6x6 ft., $10. Lots vary in size from 9x20 ft. to 
12x20 ft., 15x20 ft., and 18x20 ft,, and cost $150, $200. $250 and 
$300, or from 75 cents to $1.20 per square foot. Reopening adult 
grave costs $5 ; youth's $4, and child's $3. The number of graves to a 
lot ranges from six to twenty-five. One body is allowed to a single 
grave, except in the case of a child, which may be buried with 



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a parent. Twenty-four Lours' notice required to reopen a grave. 
The sum of $25 is charged for tlie use of the receiving tomb for 
an adult, and $20 for a child under twelve years ; but $17 are 
refunded in case of an adult, and $15 for a child when a plot is 
purchased in the cemetery. 

William "Ward is President of the cemetery, John J, Henry, Sec- 
retary ; Horace T. Brumley, Treasurer ; Charles Nichols, Superin- 
tendent, and Sylvester C. Hulbert, Assistant Superintendent. 



FAIRVIEW CEMETERY, 

Near castleton corners, staten island, n. y. 

OFFICE, JOHN STEERS, West New Brighton, S. I. 

Fairvievv Cemetery is situated on the Richmond Turnpiiie, near 
Castleton Corners, Staten Island, and commands an extensive view 
of the surrounding country. It is reached from New York by the 
Staten Island ferry to St. George, thence via the Richmond Turn- 
pike. The distance is about five miles. The cemetery is about a 
dozen years old and comprises twelve acres. There have been about 
500 interments and the average yearly interments number about 
fifty. Single graves measure 2.6x8x7 ft. and 3x8x7 ft. and cost $10, 
and $12. Plots 10x17 ft. are sold for $35, and 12x23 ft. from $75 to 
$100. There are from six to twelve graves to a lot, and the cost of 
reopening a grave is $5. Three bodies allowed to single graves and 



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in lots two bodies to each grave. The cemetery has no vault. 
Twenty -four hours' notice required to reopen graves. William A. 
Anderson, President ; W. L. Sexton, Secretary ; W. J. Ladd, 
Treasurer, and John Steers, Superintendent. 



FLATLANDS CEMETERY, 

Flatlands, L. I. 

OFFICE, N. W. BROWN, Undertaker, 

Flatbush Ave., Cor. Nostrand Ave., Flatlands, L. I. 

Although Flatlands ( 'emetery is one of the smallest ui the vicinity 
of Xew \ork, it is one of the oldest, burials having taken place 
within its limits as far back as 1086. It is generally supposed to 
have been an Indian burying ground. It is three acres in extent, 
and the estimated number of interments that have taken place is 
2,000. There are about 20 interments per year. This cemetery is 
reached by the Brooklyn Bridge and Fulton ferry, thence by way of 
Flatbush Avenue to the cemetery entrance. The size of single 
graves is 3x9x6 ft., and the cost $10 ; reopening, $5, and for less 
than 4 feet $4. The lots are 12x18 ft. with eight graves ; but they 
are not sold. Two bodies to a single grave. Twenty-four hours' 
notice for reopening grave and $1 extra fee is charged for shorter 
notice. There is no vault. The town of Flatlands is the owner of 
the cemetery, and Xicholas W. Brown is Superintendent. 



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FLOWER HILL CEMETERY, 

BERGENWOOD AVENUE, NORTH BERGEN, N. J. 
OFFICE ON GROUNDS. 

TELEPHONE CALL, 113 B HOBOKEN. 

This cemetery comprises about twenty acres and was opened in 
1884, It is situated on Bergen wood Avenue, on the New Hudson 
County Road, North Bergen N. J., and is reached by West Forty- 
second Street and Jay Street^ ferries to Weehawken, one and one-half 
miles thence ; also by the Christopher Street and Barclay Street 
ferries to Hoboken — four miles distant. The average number of 
interments per year is 2,000. Price of single graves, 2x7x6 ft., is 
$20 ; reopening grave, $5. Plots, $75 and upwards. Two bodies 
to each grave, and twenty-four hours' notice for reopening of grave. 
There is no charge for temporary use of vault ; but $10 is charged 
and $2 per month for a long period. 



FLUSHING CEMETERY, 

Flushing, l. i. 

OFFICE, 20 Main Street, Flushing, L. I. 

Flushing Cemetery is one of the best kept cemeteries in the vicin- 
ity of the metropolis, and is located one and one-half miles south- 
east of the village of Flushing, L. I. It comprises seventy-live 



Leonahd's Manual of The Cemeteries. 39 

JOHN H. MOWEN, Pres. WM. J. NOBLE, Vice-Pres. CHARLES H. MAGIE, Sec'y. 

NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN 
CASKET CO. 



rianufacturers of- 



Caskets, Robes, Linings, 

.'. .-, AND .-. 

Undertakers' Supplies. 

New York City Office and Salesroom, 

J. L. SEXTON, Manager. Telephone Call, 22 Spring. 



FACTORY AND SALESROOM : 

BROOKLYN, IN. Y. 

34=38 South Ninth Street and 33-39 South 10th Street. 

TELEPHONE CALLS: 
36 WILLIAHSBURGH— 2 WILLIAHSBURGH. 



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acres and is reached by the Long Island Railroad from Hunters' 
Point, Jackson Avenue, Long Island City; East Ninety-second street 
ferry to Astoria, and East Ninety-ninth Street ferry to College Point. 
The cemetery was opened in 1853 and the number of interments 
since that time have been about 6,000. The yearly average is 300. 
Single graves 3x8x6 cost $10 ; child's, under ten years, $6 ; plots 
ranging 100 to 600 square feet, 50 cents to 60 cents per foot, includ- 
ing perpetual care. Reopening graves : $5 for adult ; children, under 
ten years, $3 ; opening vault under ground, $5. Vault charges, 
$15 for adult ; children under ten years, $10 ; if body is removed 
there are refunds of $5 and $2.50. Iron or wooden enclosures for 
graves or plots are not allowed in this cemetery. George Schlesinger, 
President ; George Paple, Secretary, and W. T. James, Treasurer 
and Superintendent. 



FOUNTAIN CEMETERY, 

West new Brighton, S. I. 

OFFICE AT CEMETERY. 

Fountain Cemetery is one of the small cemeteries on Staten 
Island, and is located on the Richmond Terrace, West New 
Brighton. It is reached by the Staten Island ferry to St. George, 
There are no plots in this cemetery. Price of single graves : 
adult, $10 and $12 ; children, $4 and $8, according to location. 
Charges for reopening graves : adult, $5; children, pl~)0. A. 1). 
Fountain is Manager. 



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FRIENDLY HAND CEMETERY, 

BROOKLYN, N. Y. 
OFFICE AT CEMETERY. 

This cemetery is one of a series of small ones located near Cypress 
Hills Cemetery and is reached bj^the same routes as the latter. 



FRIENDS CEMETERY, 

PROSPECT PARK, BROOKLYN, N. Y. 
OFFICE ON GROUNDS. 

Sixteen acres comprise Friends Cemetery which is located in Pros- 
pect Park, Fifteenth Street and Eleventh Avenue, South Brooklyn, 
about four miles from the Brooklyn Bridge. It is a Quaker burying 
ground and is reached from Fulton Street, Brooklyn, to Flatbush 
Avenue to Ninth Avenue, and through the latter thoroughfare to 
the cemetery entrance. The cemetery was founded in 1840 and 
opened in 1846. About 1,600 bodies have been interred, and there 
are about 30 interments per year. Price of single graves, 2.4x8x5.6 
feet $10. The plots, which are not sold, admit of eight and ten 
graves. Cost of opening a grave is $6, and thirty-six hours notice is 
required for same. Two bodies, as a rule, are allowed to a single 
grave. Vault charges, for temporary use only, $3. The cemetery is 
the property of the Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends of New 
York and Brooklyn. James C. Stringham, Superintendent ; 
residence, 368 Monroe Street, Brooklvn. 



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GREENWOOD CEMETERY, 

GOWANUS HEIGHTS, SOUTH BROOKLYN, N. Y. 
OFFICE, 257 Broadway, N. Y. 

Greenwood Cemetery was chartered April 18, 1838, was opened 
in 1840, and the first interment occurred September 5, of the latter 
year. It comprises 475 acres, and the art of the landscape artist has 
been exhausted in making this cemetery one of the most beautiful 
in the world. For years it has been the leading unsectarian bury- 
ing ground of the cities of New York and Brooklyn, and its minia- 
ture lakes, hills and dells that enliven its natural beauty have long- 
caused it to be a point of attraction for visitors to the metropolis. 
Greenwood's fame is international. Its monuments are numerous, 
costly and beautiful, and within its carefully guarded borders lie 
the dead of some of the most influential, wealthy and oldest resi- 
dents of New York. Greenwood Cemetery is a corporation, the 
sole object of which is to maintain and promote the beauty of the 
cemetery. Its income is expended to that end, and the present staDe 
of perfection and surpassing attractiveness of the place bear testimony 
to the judicial and successful management of the property. It is esti- 
mated that there are about 285,000 bodies buried in the cemetery. The 
cemetery is about four miles from Brooklyn Bridge, and two miles 
from Hamilton Ferry, South Brooklyn. It is reached by the cars 
from Hamilton, South, Fulton, Catherine and Wall Street femes, 
the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Grand, Houston and Roosevelt Street 
ferries from Willianisburgh. Some of the prominent persons buried 
in it are : DeWitt Clinton, James Gordon Bennett, Henry J. Ray- 



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mend, Horace Greely, Lester Wallack, Peter Cooper, Gen. T. S. 
Dakin, God. O. McK. Mitchell, Gen. Geo. Cullom, Maj.-Gen. H. W. 
Halleck, Henry Ward Beeclier, Gen. Henry W. Slocum, Henry 
Bergli and ex-Gov. Leon Abbett of New Jersey. 

Prices. 

Single Graves (including the charge for the first opening) may 
be procured as follows : 

For adults $31 .00 

For children, under ten years of age 21.00 

Subsequent interments may be made subject to usual charge for 
reopening. 

Charges for Opening Graves and Vaults. 

Graves for adults, usual depth, six feet, $6.00 ; seven feet, $6.50; 
eight feet, $7.00 ; nine feet, $7.50 ; ten feet, $8.50. 

Graves for boxes exceeding twenty-six inches in width, will be 
$1 extra. 

Graves for children, under ten years, usual depth, six feet, $5; 
eight feet, $5.50 ; ten feet, $6.50. 

Vaults under ground, $5 ; vaults in side hills, and above ground, 
$4. 

Receiving Tomb, Charges and Conditions. 

For adults, $35 ; for children, under ten years of age, $25. 

If removed to any lot or grave in the cemetery within three 
months, $25 will be returned for adults, and $17.50 for children. 

If within six months, $15 will be returned for adults, and $10 
for children. 

If removed from the cemetery within six months, 5$10 will be 
returned for adults, and $7.50 for children. 

If not removed within six months, nothing will be returned. If 
suffered to remain a longer period, it will be subject to the follow- 



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ERWIN M. JENNINGS. EDWARD A. JENNINGS. 

-se; — -n^—'^' .je; — ■u'l — ts^- 

JENNINGS BROS., 

BRIDGEPORT, CONN. 

: MANUFACTURERS OF FINE LINES OF : 



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AND DISCOUNTS before placing your orders. 



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ing charges : for three months, adults, $6 ; children, $3 ; for 
six months, adults, $12 ; children, $6. Charges for retentions 
must be paid in advance, at the office in New York, or at the ceme- 
tery. After thirty days default of payment of retention fee, bodies 
may be removed by said cemetery at its convenience, and interred 
in the lot reserved for that purpose. Bodies will not be allowed to 
remain in the tomb longer than one year, unless special arrange- 
ments are made with the cemetery authorities. 

Catacombs for Permanent Use may be procured in the Mauso- 
leum, in Vine-dell, for $100 each. 

Plots. 

Each full lot contains 378 square feet. 

The form depends upon the peculiar surface of the ground and the 
character of the improvements contemplated. It may be sciuare, 
oblong, circular, oval or irregular, according to circumstances. The 
ordinary form is 14 feet by 27 feet, which inll admit of fifteen 
adult graves, in three rows of five graves each. 

The prices of full lots vary, generally from ^600 to $1,200 each, 
depending upon the location. 

Small lots will be sold as follows : 

Lots 9 feet by 10 feet 6 inches, which icill admit of three adult 
graves, at 8220 and upwards, according to location. 

Lots 12 feet by 10 feet 6 inches, which ivill admit of four adult 
graves, at $280 and upwards, according to location. 

Lots 10 feet by 19 feet, which u'ill admit of six adidt graves, at 
$330 and upwards, according to location. 

Orders for Interments are received until 10:30 A. M., for 
afternoon of same day. If received after that hour for same day, 
one dollar extra will be charged. To avoid possible detention at the 
grave, orders should be given the day previous. 

The size of the burial case governs the number of interments to 
single graves, but the usual number is from four to six. The office 



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of the cemetery is open from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M., daily except Sat- 
urday, when it closes at 3 P. M. It is not open on Sundays. The 
cemetery is open from sunrise to sunset. There is a number of 
regulations bearing on the enclosure of graves and plots and erection 
of headstones, etc. The officers of the corporation are Jasper ^X. 
Gilbert, President ; John W. C. Leveridge, Vice-President, and 
Charles M. Perry, Comptroller and Secretary. 



HAZELWOOD CEMETERY, 

Rahway, N. J. 
OFFICE, RAHWAY SAVINGS BANK. 

This cemetery is located in Railway, N. J., one and three-quarter 
miles from the latter station of the Pennsylvania Railroad on the 
road toPlainfield, N. J. It was opened in 1860 and comprises about 
35 acres. There are about 1,300 bodies interred, and the average 
annual interments are about fifty. The price of single graves is $8, 
including opening. Plots 13x26, $20 and upwards. Reopening 
grave, $5 ; one body to a single grave. Vault charges are, opening 
and closing, $2, and $3 per month. 



HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, 

FLATBUSH, L. I. 

OFFICE, ST. JAMES R. C. CATHEDRAL, JAY AND CHAPEL STS., 

BROOKLYN. 

Holy Cross Cemetery is located in the town of Flatbush, L. I., 
about six miles from Fulton ferry, and embraces 140 acres. It be- 



Leonard's Manual of The Cemeteries. 47 



longs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, and received its 
first interment in July, 1849. It is reached from Fulton ferry and 
the Brooklyn Bridge to Flatbush Avenue, thence to cemetery; 
also by Williamsburgh ferries and Nostrand Avenue cars. The 
estimated number of interments in this cemetery is 100,000, and 
the average per year is 3,500. Size of single graves is 2x8x8 feet and 
cost $12 ; temporary graves, adult, $7, and child $3.62. Plots 16x16 
ft., $100, and admit of 16 graves. Reopening graves cost, adult, 
$5.12, child, $3,12. Four boxes to a single grave, and twenty-four 
hours' notice required for reopening. Yault charge is $1, and no 
body is kept longer than one week. Xo wooden enclosure of graves 
or plots allowed. John T. Hamilton is Superintendent. 



HOBOKEN CEMETERY, 

New Durham, n. j. 

OFFICE, 130 Washington Street, Hoboken, N. J. 

Hoboken Cemetery is located at New Durham, N. J., two and a 
half miles from Weehawken ferry, and four miles from Barclay 
Street and Christopher Street ferries, Hoboken. It is reached by 
the same routes as Flower Hill Cemetery, and practically the same 
prices prevail in this cemetery as in the latter. 



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HOLY NAME CEMETERY, 

West side avenue, jersey City, n. j. 

OFFICE AT CEMETERY. 

The Cemetery of the Holy Name, otherwise known as tbe Hud- 
son County Catholic Cemetery, was founded in 1867, and the first 
interment was made in April of that year. It comprises 100 acres 
which are divided into sections, lots, plots and graves. The 
estimated number of interments is 30,000, and the average number 
per year is 3,600. This cemetery is reached from New York by the 
Pennsylvania Raih'oad ferries to Jersey City to Montgomery Street, 
thence direct to the cemetery, or by the Pennsylvania Raih'oad to 
Marion Station, Jersey City. A most liberal, progressive and in- 
telligent policy characterizes the management of this cemetery, and 
to this end the lawn plan has been adopted in all its severity for its 
new portion, distinctly precluding all deviation from its principles. 
On single graves in the new^ portion of the cemetery no headstone 
is allowed exceeding four feet in height from the grade. No slabs 
are permitted, and all monuments must have eight feet foundation, 
and erected in the centre of a plot having the four sides equally ex- 
posed. Price of single graves 2.3x7x7 ft., $10, $15, $20 and $25, 
according to location; plots 18x20 ft., $400 to $800, according to 
location ; lots 7x9 ft., $100, $125 and $150. Three graves to a lot, 
and sixteen graves to a plot. Two adult bodies to a single grave, 
which may be sunk deeper at 50 cents per foot, and charge of re- 
opening graves, adult, $5, child $3. Twenty-four hours' notice 
required to reopen a grave. Vault charges $1 per month, and price 
of opening a grave. 



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49 



WHEN THE BEST THING 



costs a great deal more than any other, we can understand why it 
is that people sometimes use the poorer grades. 

When the best costs THE SAflE as the others, it would 
seem that everybody would use it without question. 

When the best COSTS LESS than the next best, what are 
we to say ? 

Perhaps you doubt that the 

"inPERIAL EHBALniNG FLUID" 

really is the best fluid in the world. May be that's the reason you 
don't buy it. 

There's only one way we can prove to you that it IS THE BEST, 
That's to have you try it. We'll send you a trial keg, and if it isn't 

better than any you've used be- 
fore, send back what's left and 
we'll send you a receipt in full. 
That's tolerably fair, isn't it? 




HuFd,Gray&Co. 

Syracuse, N. Y. 



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Right Rev. Bishop Wigger is President of the cemetery ; Mgr. 
DeConcillo, Treasurer ; Rev. B. Henry Ter Wocrt, Secretary and 
Manager. 



HOLY SEPULCHRE CEMETERY, 

East Orange, n. J. 

OFFICE, 107 Washington Street, Newark, N. J. 

Tlie Cemetery of the Holy Sepulchre is located in East Orange, 
N. J., and is reached from Newark by Ihe South Orange Avenue 
cars to Grove Street. Between sixty and seventy acres comprise the 
extent of the cemetery which is divided into sections alphabetically 
arranged, and designated by names of saints. The tirst interment 
was in 1857. The estimated number of interments is 40,000, and 
about 1,500 bodies are interred yearly. The family plot of Arch- 
bishop Corrigan of New York is located in this cemetery, as is also 
that of U. S. Senator Smith of New Jersey. The size of single 
graves is 2x7x8 ft., and cost $7 exclusive of opening. Lots 9x16 ft. 
containing six graves $50 to $100, according to location. A plot 
contains twenty-four graves. Price of opening graves, adult and 
children, |5, $4 and $3. Two adult or three children's bodies to a 
single grave. Twenty-four hours' notice required to reopen a grave. 

This cemetery is owned by the Roman Catholic diocese of 
Newark, the head of which is Rt. Rev. Bishop Wigger. Michael 
Rowe is Superintendent. 



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HOLY SEPULCHRE CEMETERY, 

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. 

OFFICE AT CEMETERY. 

The Cemetery of the Holy Sepulchre is situated in New Rochelle, 
N. Y., and is reached by the New York, New Haven & Hartford 
Railroad from this city. It comprises about 200 acres and is only a 
few years old. Single grayes 2x8x6 ft. cost |13, including opening. 
Plots of four graves, $30, and reopening $5. Three adult bodies to 
a single grave. There are about 100 bodies interred annually in 
this cemetery. 



HOLY TRINITY CEMETERY, 

Central avenue, East New York, L. I. 

OFFICE ON GROUNDS. 

The Cemetery of the Holy Trinity or Raffeiner Cemetery, com- 
prises about thirty acres and was opened in 1852. It is situated on 
Central Avenue, East New York, was known for years as the 
'' Catholic branch of the Evergreens Cemetery," and is owned by the 
German Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity on Montrose Avenue, 
Brooklyn. It is four miles from Grand and Roosevelt Street ferries 
to Williamsburgh, and is reached also by these routes by the cars 
from Fulton, Wall, and South ferries to East New York. 



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JERSEY CITY CEMETERY, 

Newark avenue, jersey City, N. J. 

OFFICE AT ENTRANCE, 437 Newark Avenue. 

Jersey City Cemetery comprises tive and one-lialf acres, is situated 
on Newark Avenue, Jersey City, andis reached b}^ Newark Avenue 
from the Pennsylvania Raih-oad, Jersey City, ferries. The cemetery 
was opened in 1831, and it is estimated that 15,000 bodies have been 
buried therein. The average number of interments per year is 250. 
The price of single graves is $25 ; plots, $350, allowing twelve 
graves. Reopening graves, $5 for adult, and $4 for a child under 
ten years. Vault charges : adult, $10 ; child under ten years, $8, 
with rebates for removals. Thomas B. Kissam, is President ; 
William Hanks, Treasurer, and John T. Mellor, Secretary. 



KENSICO CEMETERY, 

KENSICO, N. Y. 

OFFICE, 16 East 42d Street, N. Y. 

Kensico Cemetery is regarded by many as the coming necropolis 
of the City of New York. It is most picturesquely situated beyond 
Kensico, the first station north of White Plains, on the New York 
and Harlem Railroad, and within very few minutes ride from the 
city. The distance is fifteen miles. The chief characteristic of the 



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grounds is their elevjition, and from plateaus ranging from 300 to 
525 feet splendid views of Long Island Sound are obtained. The 
cemetery is reached by the Harlem Division of the New York Central 
and Hudson River Railroad, from the Grand Central Depot, and 
frequent trains, coupled with a very low excursion rate, render direct 
access to the cemetery very short and convenient. Although the 
cemetery is scarcely three years old there have been over 400 in- 
terments, and they are increasing monthly. It comprises 400 
acres, a small portion of which remains unimproved, but the im- 
proved portion is made up of beautifully laid out lots, plots and 
graves. Already costly monuments have been erected by plot 
owners, and one of the most handsome as well as substantial receiv- 
ing tombs in the country, with niches for 178 bodies, adorns a com- 
manding spot in the cemetery. 

Prices. 

All lots are sold at fixed rates, per square foot, the area varying 
from 100 feet to as many feet as may be required. Grass path' lots 
at 60 cents, 80 cents and $1 per square foot. Open grass path lots 
at 60 cents, 80 cents, $1 and $1.25 per square foot. Avenue lots at 
80 cents, $1, $1.25 and $1.50 per square foot. Full lots contain 
20x20, 400 square feet. Lots, three graves, 10x10, 100 square feet, 
$60, $80 and $100. Corner posts for same, $7.50. Lots, four 
graves, 7x20, 140 square feet, $84, $112, $140 and $175. Corner 
posts for same, $9. Lots, six graves, 10x20, 200 square feet, $120, 
$160, $200 and $250. Corner posts for same, $9. Lots, eight 
graves, 13x20, 260 square feet. $156, $208, 260 and $325. Corner 
posts for same, |9. Lots, twelve graves, 20x20, 400 square feet, 
$240, $320, $400 and $500. Corner posts for same, $12. 



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Opening graves in private lots for adults, usual depth, six feet, 
$5. For children under ten years of age, $4. 

In single graves for adults, opening seven feet deep, $12. For 
children under ten years of age, $8. 

Special single graves in reserved lots, for adults, $20. For chil- 
dren under ten years of age, $15, including opening. 

Interments made in the receiving tomb are subject to the follow- 
ing charges and conditions : A. deposit of $25 is 'required for each 
adult, and for each child under ten years of age $18. Lot proprie- 
tors may have the temporary use of tomb without charge. For re- 
moval from receiving tomb within ten days, in the cemetery, the 
full amount of deposit will be returned. For removal within 'three 
months: If an adult, there will be returned, $20 ; if a child, there 
will be returned $14. For removal within six months : If an adult, 
there will be returned. $13 ; if a child, there will be returned, $8. 

If a body is not removed within six months, an extra charge of 
$2 for an adult, and $1 for a child, is made. A funeral car is run 
from the Grand Central Depot to the cemetery, making a special 
train for fifty persons at $60. If the car is attached to a regular 
train, the charge is $40. For an ordinary passenger car attached to 
a regular train, $30 is charged. For the conveyance of a body by 
train to the cemetery, $1. 

James F. Sutton is President of the cemetery ; Allen S. Apgar, 
Vice-President ; Samuel I. Knight, Secretary and Treasurer, and 
Reese Carpenter, Comptroller. 



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LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY 

Paterson, N. J. 
OFFICE, 293 Main Street, Paterson, N. J. 

This cemetery was opened in 1888. and embraces 186 acres. 
It is situated on the Passaic River, one and one-half miles south- 
west of Paterson, N. J., and is reached In' the Erie, New York, 
Susquehanna &Western, and Delaware Lackawanna & Western Roads 
to Paterson, thence by cars to the main entrance. So far, there 
have been about 3,000 interments in the cemetery, and the average 
yearly number of interments is about 700. The lawn plan prevails 
in this cemetery. 

Price of single graves, 3.6x8x6 ft., adult, $12, inclusive of open- 
ing ; child's, $10. An extra charge of 50 cents per foot is made 
for sinking a grave beyond six feet to ten feet. The price of lots or 
plots range from $oO to 8250, and measure 9x19 feet and upwards. 
Cost of reopening a grave, adult, §4 to $6, according to depth ; 
child's, 13. Three bodies, adults, allowed to a single grave, and 
tomb charges, adults, $12 ; child, under ten years, $10. There are 
rebates of $4 and $5 for removals within specified periods of time. 
Twenty-four hours' notice required to secure reopening of a grave. 

F. C. Vandyk, President ; J. A. Morrisse, Vice-President ; G. C. 
Mason, Treasurer, and M. Dunn, Secretary. Charles Scrivens is 
Superintendent. 



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LINDEN HILL CEMETERY, 

EAST WILLIAMSBURGH, L. I. 

OFFICE, 456 East Houston Street, N. Y.' 

Linden Hill, or ]\Ielhodist Episcopal, Cemetery is situated on 
Metropolitan Avenue, East Williamsburgli, three miles from the 
Grand and Roosevelt Street ferries. It is reached by the North 
Second Street cai-s from Grand Street, Houston Street and Roosevelt 
Street ferries, and by the Union Avenue cars from the Greenpoint fer- 
ries. The cemetery comprises about thirty acres, was opened in 1852, 
and the average number of interments per year is 1,000, The es- 
timated number of bodies buried in the cemetery is 25,000. The size 
of single graves is 2x7x6 ft. for adult, and 4x6 for child, price $10 and 
$6. Plots 10x10 and 10x20 ft. range from $30 to $100, and upwards. 
Cost of reopening a grave is $5 for adidt, and $3 for child, and three 
adult bodies to a single grave. There are from four to eight graves 
to a plot, and twenty-four hours' notice required to reopen a grave. 
There is no charge for use of vault for ten days, but for a longer 
period 50 cents per month is charged for a child under ten years, 
and $1 for bodies over that age. Charles Maytrott is President, 
Frederick Plate, Secretary, and F. Hauscheldt, Treasurer and 
Superintendent. 



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LUTHERAN CEMETERY, 

Middle Village, l. i. 

OFFICE AT CEMETERY and at 293 Broadway, N. Y. 

Lutheran Cemetery was founded by the United Lutheran churches 
of New York, and chartered March 22. 1852. It comprises about 
400 acres, was opened as a private cemetery in 1850, and is the lead- 
ing German burying ground of the metropolis. It is located on 
Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, L. I., about four miles from 
Grand Street and Roosevelt Street ferries, and is reached by the 
Long Island Railroad to Fresh Pond or Glendale, by the Williams- 
burgh ferries, and by all the Brooklyn lines via Myrtle Avenue. 
The estimated number of interments is 230,000 with a yearly average 
of about 9,500. Single graves 3x7x6 ft. are sold for $10 for adult^ 
and $6 for a child. Plots ranging from 10x10 ft. and upwards cost 
from 60 to 80 cents per square foot, and the actual cost only is 
charged for reopening a grave. There are nine graves to a plot, 
and three adult bodies to a single grave. The vault charges are $1 
with $10 for the price of a grave, which is refunded when a grave 
or plot is purchased in the cemetery. No body is held longer in the 
tomb than six months. Jacob A. Geissenhaimer, President ; F. W. 
Geissenhaimer, Treasurer; K. P. Getty, Secretary, and David 
Avenius is Superintendent. 



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ROHAN BROTHERS, 

Monumental Works, 

BLISSVILLE, CALVARY CEMETERY, 
LONG ISLAND. 



Designs and Sstimates ^urnisliea. 

P.O. BOX 46. C. HOHflN, PPopFietoP. 

lift F^ULXON I ? I I 

[iverg J[ Boarding Establishment, 

Nos. 6, 8 & 10 SEVENTH AVENUE, 

Coaches and Coupes 

Supplied for Funerals, Parties, Weddings, &c. 
Careful and respectful drivers. 

HORSES BOARDED WITH BEST OF ATTENTION 
AND CARE. RATES REASONABLE. 



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MACPELA CEMETERY, 

FRESH POND, L. I. 
OFFICE ON GROUNDS. 

l^lacpela Cemetery is a Jewish burial place about forty acres in 
extent, and adjoins Cypress Hills Cemetery. It is reached by the 
same routes as the latter cemetery. The cemetery was founded in 
1855, and belongs to the congregation Temple El-Bethel, Sixty-third 
Street and Lexington Avenue, New York. The grounds are nicely 
laid out, and it is estimated that several thousand bodies are in- 
terred. The prices of graves and plots are reasonable. Union Field 
and New Union Field Cemeteries adjoin Macpela Cemetery, and are 
likewise controlled by the Temple El-Bethel. 



MACPELAH CEMETERY, 

New Durham, n. j. 

OFFICE ON GROUNDS, and at 304 West 20th Street, N. Y. 

This cemetery is located at New Durham, N. J., about four and 
one-half miles from the Hoboken ferries from Barclay and Christo- 
pher Streets, and comprises ten acres. It is strictly a Protestant 
Cemetery, and is reached by the same routes as Hoboken Cemeteiy. 
The cemetery was opened in 1853 by the Third Reformed Presby- 
terian Church Society of New York, and there are nearly 17,000 
bodies buried in it. The average number of interments per year is 
150. 



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Price of graves, 2.6x8x7 ft., $7 ; cost of reopening a grave is, 
adult, |5, and child $4. Two adult bodies allowed to a grave. 
Plots 10x16 feet, eight graves, cost from $40 to $75. There is no 
vault. About twenty-four houis' notice required to reopen a 
«;rave. 



MAIMONIDES CEMETERY, 

Jamaica, l. i. 
OFFICE ON GROUNDS. 

Maimonides cemetery comprises about seven and one-half acres, 
and is located on the Jamaica Plank Road, Jamaica, L. L, and is 
reached by tlie cars from the Williamsburgh ferries to East New 
York, thence by electric cars to the cemetery. About 1,000 bodies 
have been buried in the cemetery. John Benisch isSujierintendent. 



MAPLE GROVE CEMETERY, 

Jamaica, L. I. 
OFFICE, 1286 Broadway, N. Y. 
About 100 acres comprise Maple Grove Cemetery, which is located 
in the western part of the town of Jamaica, L. I., about seven 
miles from Long Island City. It is reached by trains of the Long 
Island Ilailroad from Long Island City to Maple Grove, or to JMorris 
Park or Richmond Hill Station ; from Long Island City by Thom- 
son Avenue from Newtow^n ; from Green point bj^ the Hoffman 
Boulevard, and Williamsburgh by North Second Street. The 




ENTRANCE AND LODGE MAPLE GROVE CEMETE 



RY. 



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cemetery was organized in February, 1875, and the first interment 
was made February 12, 1876. About 5,000 interments have been 
made since that time, and over $100,000 has been so far expended 
in improving the cemetery. 

Price of single graves: adult, $12, including, opening; child, 
under ten years, 18.50. Opening adult's grave costs $5 ; child's $4. 
Lots ranging from 7x18 ft. to 16x25 ft., and admitting from four to 
fifteen adult graves, vary in price from 60 cents to $1 per foot, ac- 
cording to location. For use of the receiving tomb, the charge of 
$12 is made for an adult, and $8.50 for a child ; but the money is 
refunded if the body is removed to the cemetery ground within 
thirty days. If the body be removed from the cemetery, only one- 
half the deposit will be returned. The sum of $2 per month is 
charged for keeping the body a longer period, but no body is al- 
lowed to remain longer than three months. For opening private 
vaults $3 is charged. Twenty-four hours' notice required for 
opening a grave. 

William S. Cogswell is President ; Ferris S. Thompson, Vice- 
President ; H. R. Heath, Secretary, and Charles S. Goodwin, 
Treasurer and Comptroller. 



MARBLE CEMETERY, 

Second Street, near second avenue, n. y. 
OFFICE, 164 East 37th Street. 

This is an old and small cemetery situated on the north side of 
Second Street, near Second Avenue, New York, and comprises about 



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one-half a city block. The place is made up of vaults, and receives 
bodies largely for temporary purposes pending shipment. There 
have been about 1,200 interments in the cemetery, and the average 
number per year is about twenty, subject to the restrictions of the 
Board of Health of New York. There are 270 vaults on the grounds. 
For the use of the receiving tomb the sum of $25 is charged. Fif- 
teen dollars are returned if the body is removed within a month, 
ana $5 if removed within two months, and after this a charge of $5 
will be made. The charge for opening a private vault is $10. C. 
P. Jackson is Superintendent. 



MORAVIAN CEMETERY, 

New dorp, s. i. 

OFFICE AT THE CEMETERY. 

Moravian Cemetery is located at New Dorp,Staten Island, N. Y., 
and comprises eighty-four acres. It is one of the very oldest ceme- 
teries in the vicinity of New York, having been established as the 
Moravian Church Cemetery in 1742, The cemetery is supposed to 
have been opened to the general public about 1820, and since that 
time about 20,000 interments have taken place. The average num- 
ber of yearly interments is 200. The cemetery is reached by the 
Staten Island ferry to St. George, thence by Vanderbilt Avenue 
and Richmond road to the main entrance. The distance is about 
five miles from St. George landing. In this cemetery is located the 
tomb of the Vanderbilt family, and among the prominent persons 
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Elliott F. Slieppard, William H. Vanderbilt and Commodore 
Cornelius Vanderbilt. Single graves 2.6x7x6 and 10 ft $10, child 
under ten years |6 ; temporary graves $5. Opening graves $5 for 
six feet, and $1 for each additional foot. Plots vary in price from $40 
to $5,000 according to size and location. Two or three bodies allowed 
to a grave, and twenty-four hours' notice for reopening same. 
Vault charges are $20 for adult, aud $15 for children under ten 
years for a period of six months and no longer. No rebates and no 
wooden fences or hedges are allowed in this cemetery. Charles W. 
Eberman, President ; N. J. Ostrander, Treasurer and Superinten- 
dent, and Charles Wyeth, Engineer and Surveyor. 



MOUNT CALVARY, 

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. 
OFFICE, Rectory Catholic Church, White Plains, N. Y. 

This cemetery comprises about seventy acres, and is situated in 
North White Plains. It is only a few years old, and is reached ^ 
from New York via White Plains, and the New York and Harlem 
Railroad. 

The price of single graves is $10 including opening. Plots are 
sold from $50, and upwards. Two bodies allowed to each grave. 



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MT. HOPE CEMETERY, 

jamacia, l. I. 
OFFICE ON GROUNDS. 

This cemetery is made up of twelve acres, and is reached by the 
Long Island Railroad to Woodhaven, thence to East New York, and 
by the Brooklyn Bridge and ferries, by cars to East New York, 



MT. HOPE CEMETERY, 

Mount hope, Westchester county, n. y. 

OFFICE, 380 Sixth Avenue, N. Y. 

TCLCPHONC, 980 18TH. 

Mount Hope Cemetery is situated at Mount Hope, Westchester 
} County, five miles from the limits of the city of New York, and is 
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the New York 6c Putnam Railroad from One Hundred and Fifty-Fifth 
Street and Eighth Avenue, or by the main line of the New York 
Central & Hudson River Railroad by way of Hastings, which is one 
mile distant. The cemetery has a commanding situation and is re- 
garded as an ideal rural burying ground. Although established less 
than ten years, it is fast coming to be known as one of the beautiful 
cemeteries of the metropolis. One hundred and eighty acres com- 
prise the grounds, and these are divided into sections, plots and lots, 
and so far, nearly 600 interments have taken place. The average num- 
ber of interments per year is about 150. The cemetery was foimded 
in 1886, but it was not opened to the public until 1889. Dion 
Boucicault, the celebrated actor, is buried in this cemetery. 

The price of graves, usual size and depth, 6 feet is $15 ; lots 10x12 
to 20x20 ft., admitting from four to twelve graves, $80 to $300. 
Charge for reopening a grave is $5, including hearse, tent, attend- 
^ants, etc. Three adult bodies to a grave, and twenty-four hours 
notice is usually required to reopen a grave. There is a vault charge, 
but for parties intending to select plots, the use of the vault is fiee. 
The vault regulations are very liberal. The lawn plan prevails in 
this cemetery and, consequently, no enclosure of lots, plots or 
graves is tolerated. The amount paid for a grave is refunded when 
a lot or plot is purchased, less $5, which covers interment charges. 
W. P. St. John, a well-known banker of New York, and Typo- 
graphical Union No. 6, own plots in this cemetery. 

Frank R. Lawrence is President ; George L. Montague, Vice- 
President ; E. M. L. Ehlers, Treasurer ; H. A. Taylor, Secretary; 
J. D. Slocum, Comptroller, and George F. Balmer, Superintendent. 



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^ H ^ 302 Mott Street, C 

j TELEPHONE CALL, 818 SPRING. 

Undertakers' supplied with hearses at all hours and to all 



cemeteries. 



•- Office- of -• 



The Westfield Plate Company, 

21 BOND STREET, 

'^^^-^—o NEW YORK CITY. ^— #-^-<- — • 

Haniifacfiir^rs v of v Fine v Casket v flarduJare. 

TELEPHONE, 1067 SPRING. 



Factory: W.R.EDWARDS. 

Thoinpsonville, Conn. Manager New York Office. 



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MT. NEBOH CEMETERY, 

FRESH POND ROAD, CYPRESS HiLLS, L. I. 
OFFICE, 23 Bible House, N. Y. City. 



Mount Neboli Cemetery was founded in 1888, and opened the 
same year, and since that period over 600 interments have taken 
place in its plots and graves. It is one of the leading Jewish 
Cemeteries of New York, comprises about fifteen acres, and is 
located on the Fresh Pond Road, in the rear of the Cypress Hills 
Cemetery. It is reached by the same routes as Cypress Hills Ceme- 
tery, and is a well-kept and excellently laid out cemetery. 

The size of single graves is 7x4x6 ft., and cost $25, including 
opening and closing. Plots containing 320 square feet, range from 
$100 to $500, and usually admit of fourteen graves. One body is 
allowed to a grave, and opening charges are $5 for adult, and $3 
for a child under sixteen years. On three hours' notice a grave 
will be opened. 

Myer Stern is President of the cemetery ; Morris Tuska, Vice- 
President ; Louis Sternbach, Treasurer, and William Simpson, 
Secretary. 



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MT. OLIVET CEMETERY, 

MASPETH, L. I. 
OFFICE AT THE CEMETERY. 

TELEPHONE, 1362A Wl LLI A MSB U RGH. 

Mount Olivet Cemetery was founded and opened to the public in 
1850, and contains about 8,500 bodies. It is situated on Grand 
Street, Maspetli, L. I, three and a half miles from the Grand and 
Roosevelt Street ferries • sixty acres in extent, and is reached by the 
cars from the Williamsburgh ferries. The annual number of inter- 
ments is about 900. 

The price of adult graves, 3x8x7 ft., is from $10 to |15, child, 
$6. 50 to $12 ; temporary graves, adult, $5, and child's $3. The lots 
range from 9x11 to 18x22 ft., and cost from $50 to $200 and upwards. 
Reopening of a grave costs $5 for adult, and $4 for child. Three 
adult bodies are allowed to a grave, and two to lot or plot graves 
when opened six feet deep. Twelve hours' notice required for 
opening a grave. Vault charges require a deposit of $20 for each 
adult body, and $15 for each child under ten years. If the body is 
removed within thirty days $18 and $13 are returned. The regular 
vault charge is $2 per month. No wooden enclosures allowed. 
John S. Ellis, President ; A. V. H. Ellis, Treasurer ; James M. 
Waterbury, Vice-President ; J. C. Howard, Secretary and C. M. 
Chamberlain, Superintendent. 



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MT. OLIVET CEMETERY, 

ELIZABETH, N. J. 
OFFICE, Rectory St. Patricks Church, Elizabethport, N. J. 

This Catholic Cemetery was opened in 1870, and contains upwards 
of 5,000 bodies. It is located on Madison Avenue, Elizabeth, N. J., 
one mile from the city line, and is reached by the Pennsylvania 
Railroad, or Central Railroad of New Jersey to Elizabeth. It is 
about forty-five acres in extent, and the yearly interments average 
400. 

Price of single graves, 2.6x8x6 ft., $7; child's grave, $5. Lots 
10x8 and 10x16 ft. and upwards, vary in price according to location. 
Charges for reopening a grave are $5 for adult, and $3 for a child. 
Two adult, or three children's bodies allowed to each grave. 
There is no vault, and the usual day's notice is required to reopen 
a grave. Joseph Steebe is Superintendent. 



MT. PLEASANT CEMETERY, 

BELLEVILLE AVENUE, NEWARK, N. J. 

OFFICE, 791 Broad Street, Newark, N. J. 

Mount Pleasant Cemetery is one of the oldest, and at the same 
time most beautiful cemeteries of Newark, N. J., and is located on 
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and dedicated June 18tli of the same year, and it is estimated tliat 
there are about 12,500 bodies interred within its limits. Tlie ceme- 
tery comprises fifty acres, and it is divided into sections, lots and 
plots, adorned by wide avenues and paths thoroughly paved. This 
was the principal Protestant biirying ground for Newark during a 
long term of years. It has tine monuments and tombs, and the 
most constant care is bestowed upon the general appearance of the 
property. There are no single graves. 

Lots 13x25 ft., and plots 25x25 ft., range in price from $300 to 
$1,000, according to location. There are twelve graves to each lot, 
and twenty-four graves to a plot. The price of opening lot and 
plot graves range from $2 to $12, and one adult body is allowed to 
each grave. Twenty-four hours' notice is required to open a grave. 
Charges for receiving tomb are : For each adult, a deposit of $30 
will be required. If removed within fifteen days $25 will be re- 
turned. If removed to any lot in the cemetery within three months 
$20 will be returned. If removed to any lot in the cemetery within 
six months $15 will be returned. If removed from the cemetery 
within six months $10 will be returned. For each child, twelve 
years of age or under, a deposit of $20 will be required. If re- 
moved within fifteen days $15 will be returned. If removed within 
three months $10 will be returned. If removed within six months 
$5 will be returned. If not removed within six months, nothing 
will be returned. Extra charge for use of tomb $2 per month. 
Contagious diseases not allowed to be placed in receiving tomb. 

Henry C. Howell is President of this cemetery ; Edgar E. Bend, 
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E. C. Cramer, Managing Superintendent. A few of a long list 
of prominent persons buried in this cemetery, include Frederick T. 
Frelinghuysen. ex-Secretary of the State of New Jersey ; Peter 
Ballentine, brewer, and ex-Mayor Opdyke, of New York. Inventor 
Thomas E. Edison, is a lot owner in this cemetery. 



MT. ST. MARY'S CEMETERY, 

Black stump, Flushing, L. I. 

OFFICE, Rectory St. Michaels Church, Flushing, L. I. 

This is an old cemetery and is located at Blackstump, between 
Flushing and Jamaica, L. 1., and comprises about four acres in 
extent. 

The price of adult single graves 2.6x7x6 ft., usual size, is $8, in- 
cluding opening ; child's, $7, and reopening grave is, adult $3 ; child 
$2 ; plots .$25 and upwards. Two bodies to a single grave. There 
is an average of about fifty interments in the cemetery every year. 



THE MORGUE, 

Foot of east 26th street, new York City. 

The Morgue of the city of New York is located on the grounds 
of Bellevue Hospital at the foot of East Twenty-sixth Street, and 
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depository for the unclaimed dead of the metropolis, and over 
86,000 bodies have been received there since its opening many years 
ago. All bodies of persons who die in the public institutions of the 
Department of (■harities and Correction of the city of New York 
are sent there preliminary to being buried in the City Cemetery or 
claimed by relatives or friends. All persons who die on the streets, 
are, as a rule, removed to the morgue, as well as those dying in the 
different hospitals, which are unclaimed. Unclaimed bodies are 
usually kept forty-eight hours before burial in the City Cemetery. 
The average number of bodies received at the morgue yearly is 
8,000. Funerals take place from the morgue every day, and in 
order to obtain a body, the regular burial permit from the Board of 
Health must invariably be presented. A. N. White is keeper of 
the morgue, and he has filled that position for over twenty years. 



MT. ZION CEMETERY, 

LAUREL HILL, L. I. 
^ OFFICE AT CEMETERY. 

This is a new cemetery and is located at Laurel Hill, Newtown. 
L. L It is reached by the electric cars from Long Island City, or 
by carriage the same routes as to Cavalry Cemetery. 



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NATIONAL CEMETERY, 

Cypress hills, Jamaica avenue, Brooklyn, n. Y. 
OFFICE ON GROUNDS. 

This is a national cemetery and belongs to the United States 
Government. Its care and maintenance are vested with the Quarter- 
master's Department of the U. S. Army, and any soldier or sailor 
of the civil war honorobly discharged from service is entitled to a 
burial in the cemetery free of cost. The cemetery comprises tifiecn 
and one-half acres and is divided into two parts, the " upper ceme- 
tery " and " lower cemetery," and the former lies within the enclos- 
ure of Cypress Hills Cemetery. The "lower cemetery" adjoins 
Salem Fields Cemetery on Jamaica Avenue. The " upper ceme- 
tery " was opened in lb62, and no more bodies are buried in its 
graves. The total number of bodies buried in this part is 8,928. 
There are about 1,400 bodies in the "lower cemetery," and in this 
l^ortion there are about eiglity interments per year. No graves are 
sold. Friends of soldiers or sailors buried in the cemeter}^ ma}^ 
erect headstones, and the grave allotments are, 4x8x6 ft. Twelve 
hours' notice required to secure the opening of a grave. The 
presentation of the discharge of a deceased soldier or sailor to the 
superintendent will insure burial. Noble Warwick is Superin- 
tendent. 



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NEW UNION FIELDS, 

NEWTOWN, L. I. 
OFFICE AT CEMETERY. 

New Union Fields Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery twenty-one 
acres in extent, and is located in Newtown, L. I. It is reached by 
the same routes as Macpelah Cemetery, and is owned by the latte 
corporation. Several hundred bodies are buried in this cemetery. 
E. Beck is Superintendent. 



NEW YORK CEMETERY, 

HACKENSACK, N. J. 

OFFICE AT CEMETERY or at 51 Hudson Street, Hackensack, N.J. 

New York Cemetery comprises about seven acres, and is located 
in Hackensack, N. J. It was opened for interments in 1850 by the 
Free Reformed Church of Hackensack, and held by that body until 
July 8, 1891, when it formally passed into the hands of the New 
York Cemetery Association, its present owners. It is reached from 
Hackensack, N. J., and by the New Jersey and New York, and the 
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroads to that place from 
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Prices of single graves $12 for adult, and $7 for a child, includ- 
ing opening. Reopening adult grave is $5, and child under twelve 
years, $3. The depth of single graves is six feet for adult, and five 
feet for child. Vault charges are $20 for adult, and $15 for a child. 
There are rebates of $15 and $12, when a body is removed to a lot or 
grave in the cemetery, and $12 and |10 when removed from the 
cemeter3^ Peter I. Conklin is President ; James A. Van Alen, 
Vice-President ; I. I. Demaiest, Treasurer, and J. H. Hopper, 
Superintendent. There are about 2,800 bodies buried in this 
cemetery. 



NEW YORK CEMETERY, 

Ocean avenue, Jersey city, n. j. 

OFFICE AT CEMETERY. 

TELEPHONE NO. 8 JERSEY CITY. 

New York Bay Cemetery is one of the largest Protestant burying 
grounds in Hudson County, N. J., and is located on Ocean and 
Chapel Avenues, Jersey City, N. J. It is, besides, one of the oldest 
cemeteries in the vicinity of New York, having been opened in 
1849. About 50,000 bodies have been interred in its plots and 
graves. The cemetery comprises about one hundred acres sloping 
to the waters of the bay, and a large number of corporations, 
societies, lodges and charitable organizations own plots within its 
confines. It is reached by trains of the Central Railroad of New 
Jersey to Greenville, Jersey City, and by Grand Street and Ocean 
Avenue cars from the Pennsylvania ferry. 



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Size of single graves 3.6x7x6 f t ., and cost $20 and $25, accord- 
ing to location. Lots 8x10 ft. range in price from $100 to $150, and 
admit of four graves. Two interments, adult, to a single grave, 
and cost of reopening is $5 for adult and $4 for a child. Twenty- 
four hours' notice necessary to secure opening of a grave. No 
wooden enclosures of lots or graves allowed. 

Lewis E. Wood is President of the cemetery ; Edward Hoos, 
Vice-President ; James G. Hasking, Secretary and Treasurer, and 
Thomas W. Tilden, Superintendent. 



NYACK RURAL CEMETERY, 

Nyack, n. y. 

OFFICE, Commercial Building, Nyack, N. Y. 

AND 210 8th Avenue, N. Y. City. 

This is a comparatively new cemetery and is located, just outside 
of Nyack, N. Y. It is reached by the Northern Railroad of New 
Jersey to Nyack. It comprises about eighty acres, and several 
hundred bodies have been interred in its plots and graves. Price 
of single graves $8 ; plots $50 and upwards. Opening graves $5, 
and one body to a grave. 



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OAK HILL CEMETERY, 

NYACK, N. Y. 
OFFICE AT CEMETERY. 

Oak Hill Cemetery is situated at Nyack, Rockland County, N. 
Y., and is reached by the Northern Railroad of New Jersey, or 
by ferry from Tarrytown, N. Y. It was founded in 1848 and 
opened in July of the same year. There have been about 5.800 
bodies interred, and the average number of interments per year is 
175. Major General Daniel Ullman, General James H. Blauveltand 
Senator James Booth, are among the prominent persons buried in 
the cemetery. 

Single graves are sold at |13 for adult, $10 for children under ten 
years, and $7 for infants, inclusive of opening. Plots vary from 25 
cents to $1 per foot, according to location. Opening of graves cost 
$5 for adult, and $4 for child. The usual depth is 5 feet, and $1 is 
charged for every extra foot to 9 feet. Opening vaults under ground 
is $4, and tombs in side hills and above ground, $8. Receiving tomb 
charges are, for opening tomb $1 ; foreacli child under ten years $1 
per month, and for each person over ten years |2 per month. The 
receiving tomb is provided for the accommodation of those who in- 
tend to purchase lots. No wooden enclosures allowed. 

James H. Christie is President : Charles E. Smith, Vice-President; 
George C. Stephens, Treasurer, and E. II. Cole, Secretary. George 
W. Scott is Superintendent. 



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OAKLAND CEMETERY, 

YONKERS, N. Y. 
OFFICE, 51 Warburton Avenue, Yonkers, N. Y. 

This cemetery comprises about seventy acres, and is located on 
Ashburton Avenue and Walnut Street, Yonkers, N. Y. It is 
reached by the New York Central and Hudson River Raih'oad, and 
New York and Putnam Raih'oad, and also by the road from Kin^s- 
bridge, New York City, by Central Avenue, and other avenues 
leading to Yonkers. It was founded in 1866, and opened to the 
public in the fall of 1867. About 2,000 bodies have been interred, 
and the annual interments average 150. Single graves, adult, are 
2x6x6 ft., child's, 2x4x6 ft., and cost, including opening and clos- 
ing, $10 and $7 in Nepperhan plot, and $15 and |10 in Terrace plot. 
The sum of $1 is charged for sinking grave extra foot in depth. 
Lots vary in size from 14x27 ft. and upwards, but the standard 
size contains 378 superficial feet. Lot prices range from $50 to $600, 
according to location, and in lots 14x27 ft. twelve interments are 
allowed. Opening and closing adult graves $5, and a child's $4. 
Two bodies allowed to a grave. Receiving tomb charges are $25 
for adult, and $20 for child under ten years. No wooden enclosures 
allowed. Rebates are allowed on vacated graves when lots are 
purchased. Edward Weston, President ; Robt. P. Getty, Vice- 
President ; J. Christy Bell, Jr., Secretary, and J. Harvey Bell, 
Treasurer. 



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OHEB SCHALOM CEMETERY, 

530 SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE, NEWARK, N. J. 

OFFICE AT CEMETERY. 

Olieb Schalom Cemetery is a small Jewish cemetery on South 
Orange Avenue, Newark, N. J., one and one-half acres in extent, 
was opened in 1866, and is reached by South Orange Avenue in that 
city. There have been about 400 interments, and about fifteen in- 
terments take place each year. Size of graves 2x7x6 ft., and cost 
$50, plots 4x14 ft., $100. The sum of $3 is charged to open a 
grave, and one body allowed to each grave. There is no vault. 
The congregation of Oheb Schalom on Prince Street, Newark, owns 
the cemetery. James Cassidy, Superintendent. 



PATERSON AND FAIRLAWN CEMETERIES, 

PATERSON, N. J. 

OFFICE, 97 Clinton Street, Paterson, n. j. 

Paterson Cemetery is situated on Goffle Iload, and Fairlawn 
Cemetery on Ridgewood Road, Paterson, N. J., and both cemeteries 
are the property of Abraham Vermeulen of that city. The fol'mer 
comprises two acres divided into three sections, while the latter has 
nineteen acres, and eighteen sections. Paterson Cemetery was 
opened in 1869, and Fairlawn the early part of 1894. Both ceme- 
teries are reached by the Erie and New York, Susquehanna and 



Leonard's Manual of The Cemeteries. 83 



Western Railroads to Patersoii. The average number of interments 
per year in Paterson Cemetery is 100. Single graves in Fairlawn 
Cemetery are 3x9x6 and 8 feet, and cost $10 for adult, and |7 for 
child. Plots 9x19, 12x19, 15x19 and 18x10 ft. , $50 to $150. Cost of 
opening graves $4 for adult, and $3 for child. Three bodies to a 
single grave. Five hours' notice required to open same. No inter- 
ments take place in these cemeteries on Sunday except in cases of 
contagious disease. There is no vault. 



PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY 

Paterson, n. j. 

OFFICE ON GROUNDS. 

This cemetery is the property of the Presbyterian Church of 
Paterson, N. J., and is located at Market and Vine Streets. No 
graves are sold. Cost of opening a grave is $4. 



QUAKER CEMETERY, 

NEWTOWN, L. I. 



Quaker Cemetery is situated in Newtown, L. I., and comprises 
one acre. It is reached by the North Second Street cars from Wil- 
liamsburgh ferries. Over 200 bodies have been interred in this 
cemeterv. 



84 Leonard's Manual of The Cemeteries. 

RAFFEINER CEMETERY, 

Central avenue, Brooklyn, n. y. 

SEE HOLY TRINITY CEMETERY. 



RAHWAY CEMETERY 

RAHWAY, N. J. 
OFFICE ON GROUNDS. 



This cemetery was formerly known as Riverside Cemetery, and 
is situated on St. George's Avenue, Railway, N. J. It is a very old 
cemetery, comprises about nine acres in extent, and belongs to the 
First Presbyterian Church of Rahway. It is reached by the Penn- 
sylvania Railroad to Rahway. Several thousand bodies are bviried 
in this cemetery. Single graves cost $10, $12 and $15, and include 
opening. Opening a grave is $5. Plots 50 cents per square foot, 
and one body to each grave. Twenty-four hours' notice to open a 
grave. 

RIDGEFIELD CEMETERY, ^ 

RIDGEFIELD, BERGEN COUNTY, N. J. 

OFFICE AT CEMETERY. i 

Ridgefield Cemetery is the property of the Reformed Dutch 
Church of Ridgetield, N. J., and is over one hundred years old. 
It comprises about fifteen acres, and is reached by the Northern 



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CHICAGO office: new YORK OFFICE: 

INDUSTRIftL BUILDING, 
SS7-SS9 WABASH AVENUE. 430 ST. 4. LEXINGTON AVE. 



I ■%• THE -%. 

I4 James Cunningham Son & Co. 

i CflRRiflGE ^^^ Hearse Boilders, 

j FACTORY, Rochester, N. Y. 

I ■ 

I ANTHONY QOLDNER & SON, 

^ ^-^-(^ 



Steam Marble and Granite Works, 

h- ^ -^"^—r ^ ->^- |^ (& — § 

M ONUMENTAL S CULPTORS 

Designs furnished, Vaults built. Lots enclosed with Granite and Marble. 

OPPOSITE THE OLD ENTRANCE OF CALVARY CEMETERY, 

Branch Works, Bradley Ave., near Greenpoint Ave., LONG ISLAND CITY. 



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Kailroad of New Jersey. Graves 3x8x6 ft. cost $10 ; opening go. 
Lots 8x16 ft. $50 to $150, according to location, and admit of six 
graves. Over 2,000 bodies are buried in this cemetery. Twenty- 
four hours' notice required to reopen a grave. 



ROCKLAND CEMETERY, 

Sparkill, n. y. 

OFFICE, 124 West 23d Street, N. Y. 

Rockland Cemetery is by far one of the most beautiful cemeteries 
in the vicinity of New York, and is situated on the west side of the 
Hudson, in Rockland County, New York. On its southeast lies 
Piermont, with Sparkill on its southwest. It is a part of the Pali- 
sade range, which rises at this point 500 feet high. On the east, 
facing the Tappan-Zee, it presents a bold front, covered with native 
forest. From the entrance gate, near its southwest corner, it rises 
in gentle slopes, with curves, terraces and plateaus, numerous and 
diversified. 

The cemetery, containing about 200 acres, was founded by the 
late Eleazer Lord, LL. D., in 1847, for the purpose of providing for 
the City of New York and surrounding cities a beautiful, romantic 
a.r.d permanent resting place for its dead. 



Leonard's Manual of The Cemetekies. 87 



At that time, the Erie Kailroad terminated at the Hudson River, 
at Piermont. It was contemplated, as soon as the road was com- 
pleted to Dunkirk, that there would be frequent and rapid com- 
munication on the river, between New York and Piermont ; thus 
affording facilities for reaching and utilizing the cemetery. But 
the change in the terminus of the road, from Piermont to Jersey 
City, prevented, for a time, suitable access to the cemetery, and con- 
fined its growth simply to local interments. During this period a 
large portion of the grounds lapsed into dilapidation, covered with 
undergrowth and forest. 

In the spring of 1880 the project originating with Mr. Lord was 
revived, and Rockland Cemetery was put in a condition suitable for 
interment. Miles of macadamized roads were built, and bridges, 
lodges, drains, receiving vaults, rustic arbors, seats, and other con- 
veniences necessary for a first-class cemetery were constructed. 
About 3,000 bodies are interred in the cemetery. Among the plots 
are those of the Masons, Odd Fellows, Order of Lafayette of the 
United States of America, and of several religious denominations. 
There are many imposing monuments, among others those of Gen- 
eral Fremont, the " Pathfinder," of Mr. Eleazer Lord, the original 
projector of the cemetery, Hezekiah C. Seymour, former State En- 
gineer of the State of New York, Henry Shipman, of the banking 
house of Shipman & Ayres, and Jerome B. Stillson, the famous 
war correspondent. 

The natural beauty of Rockland Cemetery, its admirable location, 
the improvements made and contemplated, its contiguity to the 
great centres of population, its historic and romantic surroundings 



Leonard's Manual op The Cemeteries. 89 



make it a most attractive resting place for the dead. This cemetery 
is reached by the Northern liailroad of New Jersey to Sparkill 
Station, and Tappan Station on the West Shore Railroad. Single 
graves 2.Gx8x6 and 10 feet, $12 to $20, according to location. Lots 
400 square feet, $200 and upwards, and admitting fifteen graves. 
Opening charges for grave, $5 ; three bodies to a grave. Ten 
hours' notice required for opening a grave. Vault charges $12 
to $20, and bodies may remain three months. Rebates on vault 
charges are from $5 to $10. No wooden, iron or hedge enclosures 
allowed. A. B. Stone is President of the cemetery ; George S. Coe, 
Vice-President ; W. H. Whiton. Secretary and Treasurer. Tlieron 
Davis, Manager. 



ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY, 

PATERSON, N. J. 
OFFICE, Cor. Grand and Main Streets, Paterson, N. J. 

This cemetery is situated just outside the city of Paterson, N. J., 
and comprises over twenty acres. It was opened in 1867, and over 
10,000 bodies are buried in its plots and graves. The yearly inter- 
ments average 600. It is reached by the Erie, and New York, 
Susquehanna & Western Railroads to Paterson, thence by two 
trolley lines. Lots are not sold to persons living outside the city of 
Paterson, except in cases where relatives wish to be buried with 
those who die in that city. 



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Single graves, usual size, cost $8, and plots containing four graves 
$40 to $50. Opening a grave is $8, and two bodies allowed to each 
grave. No vault. A few hours' notice will insure the opening of a 
grave. 



ROSEDALE CEMETERY, 

Orange, n. j. 

OFFICE, 246 Main Street, Orange, N. J. 

Rosedale Cemetery is one of the oldest and most attractive ceme- 
teries in Essex County, N. J., and is situated in the city of Orange, 
and townships of West Orange and Montclair. It contains about 
ninety acres. The distance from the Orange entrance to the Mont- 
clair entrance is one mile. About 11,000 interments have taken 
place in this cemetery, and the average number of interments 
annually is 600. The hnvn plan prevails in the newer portion of 
this cemetery, and all lot enclosures are consequently prohibited. 

Single graves 3x7x6 ft., cost from $5 to $15. Opening graves, $5 
adult ; child $3. Three to ten graves are contained in a lot 10 feet 
square to 15x20 ft. Two bodies are allowed to a grave, and twenty- 
four hours' notice required to reopen same. Receiving tomb 
charges are $10 with a rebate, according to period of time body is 
kept, but in warm weather boxes are required to be sealed. The 
vacation of a single grave is taken into account for the disinterring 
and the reinterring when a lot is purchased. Among the prominent 



Leonard's Manual of The Cemeteries. 91 



persons buried in this cemetery are Edwin S. Burt, Richard Grant 
White, George Innes and Gardner R. Colby. Samuel Colgate and 
Surrogate Ransom of New York, are plot owners. 

Charles A. Lighthipe, President, and George P. Kingsley, 
Treasurer. 



ST. JOHN CEMETERY, 

Middle Village:, l. I, 

OFFICE, St. James Cathedral, Jay and Chapel Streets, 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 

St. John Cemetery was opened in 1880 by Bishop Loughlin of 
Brooklyn, and was intended as an annex to the Holy Cross Ceme- 
tery in Flatbush. It is located in Middle Village, L. L, and con- 
tains 170 acres, divided into sections, plots and graves. The esti- 
mated Duml:)er of interments that have been made is 10,000. There 
are about 500 interments per year. The grounds are neatly laid out, 
and there is an office on the same. 

Single graves 2x9x8 ft., $12 ; temporary graves |3.H2 ; plots 16x18 
ft., $200 in all sections of the cemetery except in section 15, where 
they are $500. Opening grave charges are, adult $5.12, and child 
$3.12. There are sixteen graves to a plot, and four adult bodies 
allowed to a grave. The vault charge is $1, and nobody is kept 
longer than one week. No w^ooden enclosures allow^ed. .Tolm 
McCloskey is Superintendent. 



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ST. JOHN'S CEMETERY, 

Orange, n. j. 

OFFICE, St. Johns Church Rectory, White Street, 
Orange, N. J. 

This is a small Roman Catholic Cemeteiy forty or tifty years old, 
and is located alongside St. John's Church, White Street, Orange, 
N. J. It is reached by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western and 
Erie Railroads, or from Newark by trolley cars. There is a consider- 
able number of bodies buried in it, and the interments each year 
aggregate about fifty. Graves 2x0x7 feet, $15, for adult and 
$12 for child. Plots containing six graves, $75. Opening graves, 
adult, $5, child, $3. Twenty-four hours' notice to secure opening of 
grave. 



ST. JOHN'S CEMETERY, 

YONKERS, N. Y. 

OFFICE, ST. John's Rectory, Yonkers, N. Y. 

St. John's is a very old cemetery, and is located about one mile 
from the stations of the New York Central & Hudson Railroad 
iind New York S: Putnam Railroad, in Yonkers, on the Saw Mill 
River Road. Single graves cost $12. Opening, $5. 



Leonard's Manual of The Cemeteries. 98 

ST. JOSEPH'S CEMETERY, 

YONKERS, N. Y. 

OFFICE, 129 ASHBURTON Avenue, Yonkers, N. Y. 

St. Joseph's Cemetery is situated on the Saw Mill River Road, 
on the Northern line of Yonkers, N. Y., about three miles from the 
station of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, and^near 
the Neppera Park station of the New York & Putnam Railroad. 
It contains 25 acres and was opened in 1877. About 3,000 inter- 
ments have been made in the cemetery, and the average number of 
interments per year at present is 250. Single graves, 2.3x7x(> 
feet, $8 ; children, $5 ; plots, 8x8, 8x12, 12x16, 20x20 feet, 
$28, $40, $100, $160 ; two bodies to a grave. Opening grave, adult, 
$6 ; child, $4. One day's notice required to secure opening. 
Vault charge is $20, but in bad weather, and in the event of the 
purchase of a plot, no charge is made for a body. John A. Weis. 
is Superintendent. 



ST. MARY'S CEMETERY, 

rahway, n. j. 

OFFICE, Rectory St. IVIary's R. C. Church, Rahway, N. J. 

This cemetery adjoins Hazelwood Cemetery on the north in Rah- 
way, N. J., and was opened in 1860. It comprises one and one-half 
acres and belongs to St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in that 
place. 



94 Leonard's Manual of The Cemeteries. 



Single graves are $10, including opening, which is $5. Plots 10 
feet square, $15. One body to a grave, and one day's notice to re- 
open same. 

ST. MARY'S CEMETERY, 

CLIFTON, S. I. 
OFFICE, St. Marys Church Rectory, Rosebank, S. I. 

St. Mary's Cemetery comprises seven acres, and is located at 
Parkinson Avenue, Clifton, Staten Island. It was opened to the 
public January 1, 1862, and there have been about 3,600 interments. 
There are about 100 interments per year. 

Single graves 2x7x6, $1 ; plots 8x16 ft. containing six graves, $50. 
Opening graves, box $5 ; cottin $4, and two bodies to a grave. Vault 
charge $1 for over night ; but a body is never kept in the vault 
longer than two days. Twelve hours' notice to open a grave, and 
two bodies to a grave. The charge of $15 is fixed for removal of a 
body from the cemetery. D. McCaffrey, Sexton and Superintendent 
of the cemetery. 

ST. MARY'S CEMETERY, 

YONKERS, N. Y. 
OFFICE, Rectory St. Marys Church, South Broadway, 

YONKERS, N. Y. 

St. Mary's Cemetery is located two and one-half miles from 
Yonkers Station of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, 



Leoxaud's Manual of The Cemeteries. 95 



and about one-half mile from Xepperhan Station on the New York 
& Putnam Railroad. It is a small and old burying ground. 

Single, graves full size, $10, and opening $5. A large number of 
interments have taken place in the cemetery, and there are about 
200 interments per year. 



ST. MICHAEL'S CEMETERY, 

ASTORIA, L. I. 
OFFICE AT CEMETERY. 

This Protestant Episcopal Cemetery is one of the oldest in the 
vicinity of New York, having been founded in 1850 by Rev. Thos. 
M. Peters of this city, and comprises about 100 acres. It is located 
on Flushing Avenue and Bowery Bay Road, Newtown, L. I., and 
is reached by either the East Thirty-fourth Street, or Ninety-second 
Street ferries. It is estimated that there have been over 25,000 
interments. The number of interments per year is 2,000. Single 
graves, $12 for adult, and $8 for child, and measure 2x7x6 feet, 
and 16x4x6 feet. Opening grave is $5 for adult and $4 for a 
child. Opening tomb charges, $12 adult, and $8 child. If body 
be removed to a single grave in the public ground, no further 
charge will be made. If removed to a private lot, procured within 
three months, $4.50 will be refunded for an adult, and $2.50 for a 
child. If removed from the cemetery, the charge of $2 per month 
for an adult, and $1.50 for a child will be made in addition to $1 
for removal. If not removed within six months, the body will be 



96 Leonard's jNIanual of The Cemeteiues. 



interred in a grave prepared for that purpose. Lot owners may 
have the use of the tomb for three months upon paj'ment of the 
usual charge for opening graves in private lots. No enclosures of 
any kind are allowed, and twenty-four hours' notice is required to 
open grave. 



ST. NICHOLAS CEMETERY, 

Passaic, n. j. 

OFFICE, Rectory St. Nicholas Church. Passaic, N. J. 

St. Nicholas Cemetery is situated on the Lodi road, one mile out- 
side of Passaic, N, J., and comprises about tifteen acres. It is 
reached by the Erie Railroad to Passaic. About 1,000 interments 
have been made, and the price of a single grave is $10, regular size 
and depth. Plots of four graves, |25. Opening grave $4, and two 
bodies to a grave. None but parishioners of St. Nicholas Church 
or members of their family can bury in this cemetery. 



ST. PETER'S CEMETERY, 

Jersey city, n. j. 

office, cemetery of the holy name, west side avenue, 
jersey city, n.j. 

St. Peter's Cemetery is the old Catholic burying ground of Jersey 
City, and was opened in 1857. It is situated on Tomsele Avenue, 



Leonard's Manual of The Cemeteries. 97 



Jersey City, four blocks north of Newark Avenue, and comprises 
about five acres. 

Lots or graves have not been sold in this cemetery for the last 
twenty-five years. It was founded by fifteen Catholics of Jersey 
City, who turned over the property in 1873 to Archbishop Corrigan, 
who was then Bishop of Newark. The graves are 2.3x7x7 ft., and 
plots 7x9 feet. The plots originally sold for $15, and graves $5. 
Prices for opening graves, removals and rules, are the same as pre- 
vail in the Cemetery of the Holy Name, being under the same 
management. 



ST. PETER'S CEMETERY, 

West new Brighton, s. i. 

OFFICE, Rectory St. Peter's R. C. Church, 
West New Brighton, S. I. 

St. Peter's Cemetery is one of the oldest Catholic Cemeteries on 
Staten Island, and belongs to the St. Peter's Church, West New 
Brighton. It comprises about eight acres, divided into sections, lots 
and plots, and it is estimated that there are over 2,000 bodies buried 
in it. 

Price of single graves, 2.2x7x6 ft., $15 for coflEin and $16 for box, 
including opening. Plot containing four graves, $50. Eeopening 
grave is $5, and three bodies to a grave. Twenty-four hours' notice 
required to open a grave 



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ST. RAYMOND'S CEMETERY, 



WESTCHESTER, N . Y. 



OFFICE AT CEMETERY. 



This Catholic cemeteiy is situated in Westchester, N. Y., com- 
prises thirty-five and three-fourths acres and is reached by the 
Harlem River Branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford 
Railroad from East 129th Street, New York, or by electric cars from 
East 129th Street and Third Avenue. It is also reached by carriage 
by Westchester Avenue in the Annexed District. The cemetery 
is about ten years old, artistically laid out into sections, plots and 
graves, and promises to be one of the most important Catholic 
burying grounds of the metropolis. It is under the supervision of 
the Very Rev. Dean McKenna, pastor of the Catholic church in 
Westchester. Single graves, 2.4x8x6 feet, cost $12, and $8 for 
openuig. Plots $100 and upwards. Reopening graves is ^i). 
Three bodies, as a rule, to each grave. Twenty-four hours' notice 
required for opening a grave. The same rules as prevail in Calvary 
Cemetery at Blissville, L. I., govern St. Raymond's, for it is under 
the jurisdiction of the Catholic Archdiocese of New York. The 
cemetery has a vault for temporarj^ use, but no charge is made 
therefor. William Walsh is Superintendent. 



Leonard's Manual of The Cemeteries. 99 

SALEM FIELDS CEMETERY, 

JAMAICA PLANK ROAD, BROOKLYN, N. Y. 

OFFICE AT CEMETERY. 

Salem Fields is by far the leading and most important Jewish 
cemetery in the vicinity of Xew York. It is one of the most beauti- 
ful in the world by reason of the lavish care and labor bestowed on 
its maintenance and improvement, and therein are located some of 
the most artistic as well as costly monuments and family vaults to 
be found in any cemetery in the country. Within its limits are the 
family plots and tombs of the wealthiest and most influential 
Hebrew residents of the metropolis, and the jealous interest taken 
in its improvement and embellishment by its owners is amply 
shown by its attractive and impressive appearance. The cemetery 
is located on the Jamaica Plank Road, Brooklyn, and lies opposite 
Cypress Hills Cemetery. Its area is about 200 acres, and it is owned 
by the Temple Emanu-El of New York City. It is reached by the 
same routes as Cypress Hills Cemetery. The grounds are laid out 
into family plots and graves, are watered, and the roads and jiaths 
are in asphalt. The cemetery was founded November 23, 1851, and 
opened in the early part of 1852. It is estimated that there are 
about 20,000 bodies interred, and the average number of interments 
per year is 250. The plots are 16x20 ft. and 20x20 ft., and cost 



100 Leonard's Manual op The Cemetehies. 



$1,000, and upwards, according to location. The single graves are 
$50, and the cost of opening a grave is $6 for adult, and $4 for child. 
Tliere are from twelve to sixteen graves to a plot, and only one body 
is allowed to a grave. The receiving tomb charges are $25 per 
month, and twenty-four hours' notice to secure opening of a grave. 
The rules governing enclosures of plots, and the erection of head- 
stones and monuments are very strict, and only granite or marble 
enclosures are permitted. All plans for enclosures and monuments 
must be submitted to, and approved by, the officers of the cemetery. 
Lewis May is President of the cemetery ; James Seligman, Vice- 
President ; Charles L. Bernheim, Treasurer, and Myer Stern, Secre- 
tary. Peter J. Hiltman is Superintendent. 



SANDY HILL CEMETERY, 

PATERSON, N. J. 

Sandy Hill Cemetery is located on Market Street, near Carroll 
Street, in the city of Paterson, N. J., and comprises about sixteen 
city lots. It is a very old cemetery, and is controlled by a number 
of churches in that city. The cemetery is very little used, only by 
those who own graves or plots, but it is estimated that there are 
about twenty-five interments per year. 

Plots or graves are not sold in this cemetery. The cost of opening 
a grave is $4. 



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SCHRAALENBERG CEMETERY, 

SCHRAALENBERG, N. J. 
OFFICE AT CEMETERY. 

This cemetery is situated in Scbraalenberg, Bergen County, N. J., 
is principally owned by members of the local Protestant Church 
and their ancestors, and is controlled by the consistory of the 
church. It comprises four acres and is reached by the AYest Shore 
liaih'oad to Scbraalenberg Station. It was opened in 1856, and over 
1,000 interments have taken place in its plots and graves. There 
are about 20 interments each year. 

The graves are of regular size and cost $5 ; plots, $10. There 
are five graves to a plot, and cost of opening a grave is $3, with 
the additional charge of $3 for the attendance of the sexton, who 
is the superintendent of the cemetery. One adult body is allowed 
to a single grave, except in case of small children, and one day's 
notice is usually required to secure the opening of a grave. D. D. 
Blauvelt is Sexton. 



SHARETH ISRAEL CEMETERY, 

Newtown, l. I. 

OFFICE AT CEMETERY. 

Shareth Israel Cemetery is the Portuguese burial ground of New 
York, is situated in Newtown, L. I,, and is reached by the same 
routes as Cypress Hills. It is a Jewish cemetery comprising about 



102 Leonard's Manual of The Cemeteries. 



six acres, and among the bodies interred are tliose of the celebrated 
Commander Levy of the United States Navy, and Washington 
Nathan, whose mysterious murder was the sensation of the metrop- 
olis for years. There are about 1,000 bodies buried. 



SILVER MOUNT CEMETERY, 

Richmond Turnpike, s. i. 
office, tompkinsville, s. i. 



Silver Mount Cemetery was incorporated Sept. 6th, 1866, and is 
located on the Richmond Turnpike, Staten Island. It is reached 
from New York by the Staten Island ferry to St. George, and com- 
prises about thirty-five acres. It is a well-kept cemetery. It is 
estimated that there are about 9,000 bodies interred and the average 
yearly number of interments is 125. Size » of single graves is 
2x6x7 and cost $10 for adult and $5 for child. Plots 80 cents 
per s(iuare foot, and no plot contains less than six graves. Open- 
ing grave costs $6 for adidl and $3 for child. VauJt charges $10 for 
three months. Samuel Coojier, undertaker, Tompkinsville, S. 1.. 
telephone No. 79 F, Tompkinsville, is manager. 



Leonard's Manual of The Cemeteries. 103 



SLEEPY HOLLOW CEMETERY, 

TARRYTOWN, N. Y. 

OFFICE, 130 Main Street, Tarrytown, N. Y. 

This historic cemetery is the oldest in the vicinity of New York. 
It was established as a village graveyard in 1648, and embraces 151 
acres picturesquely located on the east bank of the Hudson River, 
twenty-five miles from the metropolis by the New York Central & 
Hudson River Railroad. Its divisions and subdivisions include sec- 
tions, plots and lots. A new section of forty-six acres has been added, 
and it will be laid out on the lawn plan. The entire tract includes 
all of Sleepy Hollow, which is rich in legendary lore, having been 
made celebrated by Washington Irving, whose remains lie buried in 
the cemetery. It is traversed by the Pocantico River, and bounded 
on the westerly side by the Hudson River. Its landscapes and river 
views are unusually beautiful. This cemetery is an ideal resting 
place for departed ones, combining historic memories, rural seclu- 
sion and artistic development. Among the bodies of well-known 
persons buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, are those of George 
Jones, editor of the New York Times ; Gordon L. Ford of the New 
York Tribune, and Hon. Moses H. Grinnell, besides seventy-six 
soldiers and officers of the American Revolution, and one hundred 
and thirty-two soldiers and officers of the Civil War. Some of the 



104 Leonard's Manual of The Cemeteries. 



plot owners are John Arclibold, D. N. Barney, James Cunningham, 
C. C. Clarke, David Dows, Charles H. Delevan, James Eraser, James 
C. Fargo, Walter S. Gurnee, James A. Hamilton, D. Ogden Mills, 
J. J. McComb, John D. Mairs, George B. Newton, Mrs. Anson G. 
Phelps, and Henry Villard. 

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery was incorporated in 1849. The number 
of interments that have taken place is estimated at 14,000, and 
there are about 300 interments each year. 

Prices. 

Single graves : First adult, including sodding, $10 and $15 ; first 
infant, including sodding, $6 and $10 ; second interment, adult, in- 
cluding sodding, $5 ; second interment, infant, including sodding, 
$3 ; third interment, infant, including sodding, $2. For any depth 
below six feet an extra charge of $1 per foot is made. Second inter- 
ments when made in the same grave in any private plot are subject 
to like charges as in the single grave. Ordinary brick vaults, single, 
adults, $28 ; infants, $16. Grave for boxes exceeding seven feet long 
twenty-six inches wide, $1 extra. Orders received after 10:30 a. m. 
for opening graves for same day $1 extra. The charge for inter- 
ments requiring an adult grave to be oi)eued on Sunday is $7 ; for 
infant grave $5, if the order be given after 12 o'clock noon on the 
Saturday preceding. 

Each full lot contains 400 square feet. The ordinary lot is 16x25 
ft., which will admit of fifteen adult graves, in three rows of five 
graves each. The prices of lots vary, generally from $300 to $800 
each, depending upon the location. Lots 10x10 ft., three adult 
graves, $75 and upwards ; lots 12x10 ft., four adult graves, $90 and 



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upwards; lots 10x20 ft., six adult graves, $150 and upwards. 
Opening grave, adults, including sodding, $5 ; children under six 
years, $3. Receiving tomb charges are : adult, $12 ; infant, $7.50 ; 
opening and attendance, adult $2 ; child $1 50. Jiodies can remain 
in tomb thirty days between October and May, and fifteen days 
from May to October free of extra charge. Bodies not cared 
for at expiration of time limit are buried in graves. An extra rate 
is also charged of 50 cents a day for adult, and 25 cents for a child. 
There is also a special rate of $2.50 per month for adults, and $1.75 
per month for infants in good lined cases. One dollar is charged for 
conveyance of bodies from the tomb to grave. Resodding graves 
is $1 for adult, and 75 cents for infant ; care of lot for one year $5. 
D. Ogden Bradley is President; Lucius T. Yale, Vice-President : 
Samuel Requa, Treasurer, and W. T. Lock wood, Secretary and 



Superintendent. 



SPEERS' CEMETERY, 

, BERGEN AVENUE AND VROOM STREET, JERSEY CITY, N. J. 

OFFICE, 21 HOBOKEN AVENUE, JERSEY CiTY, N. J. 

This cemetery is known as Speers' Cemetery and Bergen Ceme- 
' tery. It is one and the same cemetery. For information regarding 
lots, etc. , see Bergen Cemetery. 



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STATEN ISLAND CEMETERY, 

Richmond Terrace, West New Brighton, S, I. 

OFFICE, Store of John Steers, West New Brighton, S. I. 

Staten Island Cemetery was opened in 1850, organized July 1, 1893, 
and comprises about three acres, containing 171 lots. It is situated 
on Richmond Terrace, West New Brighton, and is reached b}^ the 
Staten Island Ferry to St. George. The distance from the latter 
place, is about two and a half miles. The lots in this cemetery were 
sold years ago, and there are consequently none for sale at the 
present time. The size of the lots are 12x24 feet, and admit of 12 
adult graves. The price of opening a grave is said to be fixed by 
the actual cost of labor, and an opening can be made the same day 
of the funeral. A number of bodies have been interred in this 
cemetery, and the yearly interments average about 20. Joseph H. 
Barker, President ; Charles Chambers, Vice-President ; George 
Simonson, Secretary, and Lawrence Steers, Superintendent. 



TEMPLE BETHEL CEMETERY, 

Newtown, l. I. 

OFFICE AT CEMETERY. 

This Jewish Cemetery is situated in Newtown, L. L, and com- 
prises ten acres. It is reached by the same routes as Cypress Hills. 
Several hundred bodies are buried in this cemetery. 



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TRINITY CEMETERY, 

BROOKLYN, N. Y. 

SEE HOLY TRINITY CEMETERY 

TRINITY CEMETERY, 

New YORK City. 

OFFICE, 187 Fulton Street. 

Trinity Cemetery is owned by the Trinity Church Corporation 
and was opened in 1848. It embraces about thirty-six acres and 
occupies the area between West 153d Street and West 155th Street, 
from Tenth Avenue to the North River. It is an unusually 
beautiful cemetery, well-kept and carefully guarded, for therein 
are located the family plots and tombs of some of the oldest and 
wealthiest families of New York ('ity, including the Astors. It is 
reached by the Sixth and Ninth Avenue Elevated road to 155th 
Street, or by the cable cars from 125th Street and Eighth Avenue. 
The estimated number of bodies buried in the cemetery is 18,000, 
and about 150 interments take place every year. No single graves 
are sold. Lots are $500 and opening of a grave cost $8 for adult 
and $6 for child. Three bodies to a grave. Receiving tomb 
charges are $15 for adult and $12 for child with $3 additional for 
opening and closing. If a body is removed from the tomb within 
six months one-half the charges is refunded. Twenty-four hours' 
notice is necessary to secure opening of a grave. Otto Meurer is 
Superintendent. 



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UNION CEMETERY, 

RYE, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N. Y. 
OFFICE ON GROUNDS. 

This is an old and important cemetery and is located in Rye, 
Westchester County, New York. It comprises about sixty acres, 
and is reached by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad 
from New York City. A considerable number of bodies have been 
buried in this cemetery and there is also a great many interments 
every year. Price of graves, full size, adult $8, including opening. 
Child's grave $6 and reopening $3. Reopening adult grave $4. 
Plots containing eight graves $100 and upwards. One body to a 
grave. Vault charges $15 per year, and if a body is taken out 
within six months a rebate of $5 is allowed. 



UNION CEMETERY, 

Palmetto Street, Brooklyn, n. y. 

OFFICE AT CEMETERY. 

Union Cemetery is situated on Palmetto Street, between Irving 
and Knickerbocker Avenues, in the 28th ward, Brooklyn, and is 
reached by the Fulton, Roosevelt, Grand and Houston Street fer- 



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< ries, aucl by the trolley lines and Elevated railroads from the same. 

About ten acres comprise the cemetery, which was founded in 1851, 
, ^ and opened the following year. It is owned by the Methodist 
' Protestant Church of the village of Williamsburgh. By a law 

passed in April, 1893, all further interments in this cemetery are 
t prohibited, but the cemetery has the right to remove the interred 
, bodies, monuments and headstones to any other locality that will 

hereafter be selected. The new location has not yet been selected. 

The officers of this cemetery are: Samuel J. Baines, President ; 

John A. Wells, Secretary ; Henry L. Joy, Treasurer, and Theodore 

Cocheu, Superintendent. 



UNION FIELD CEMETERY, 

NEWTOWN, L. I. 

OFFICE ON GROUNDS. 

Union Field Cemetery is situated in Newtown, L. I., and is 
reached by the same routes as Cypress Hills. It comprises about 
twelve and a half acres, and belongs to the Jewish congregation of 
New York that control Macpelah Cemetery. 



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WASHINGTON CEMETERY, 

PARKVILLE, L. I. 

OFFICE AT CEMETERY and 291 Broadway, New York. 

Washington Cemetery was incorporated September 7, 1850, and 
comprises about 100 acres. It is situated in the towns of Gravesend 
and New Utrecht, Kings County, L. L, about seven miles from the 
Brooklyn Bridge, and is reached by the trolley lines from any part 
of Brooklyn to the Prospect Park eV: Coney Island Railroad station, 
corner Ninth Avenue and Twentietli Street, South Brooklyn, and 
Thirty. sixth Street and Ninth Avenue ; thence by steam cars t<> 
Washington station. It is also accessible by the Prospect Park and 
Coney Island Boulevard, which leads to the east entrance of the 
cemetery. There are about 10,000 lots of 400 square feet each in 
the cemetery, admitting in each lot about 16 adult interments. The 
cemetery is a Jewish burial ground, although there are many 
Christians interred in its graves. Several thousand bodies have 
been interred since the opening of the cemetery, and there is a 
considerable number of interments every year. Prices of lots vary 
according to location. Ordinary lot of 400 scjuare feet is $oO and 
upwards, half lots $30 and upwards, and quarter h)ts $20 and 
upwards. Opening grave for adult, $3 ; child under 10 years, $2. 



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and infant $1. Charge for disinterring a body, ad\ilt, |5, and child 
$3. One body to a grave. Four hours' notice required for opening 
grave, and all bodies arriving at cemetery after 3 P. M., will be 
placed in the receiving vault unlil the following day at a charge of 
$2. Isaac Marx is President ; Adolphus E. Karelscn, Treasurer; 
Samuel B. Hamburger, Secretary, and Simon Binswanger, Super- 
intendent. 



WEEHAWKEN AND PALISADE CEMETERY, 

New Durham, N. J. 
OFFICE AT CEMETERY and 211 Washington St., Hoboken. N. J. 

This cemetery is situated on the Hackensack Plank I?oad in New 
Durham, N. J., opposite the town of Union, N. J., about two miles 
from the Hoboken ferries, and one mile from the West Shore Rail- 
road ferry at Weehawken, N. J. It is reached by these ferries, and 
the Union Hill line of cars, which pass within two blocks of the en- 
trance. It was founded in 1859, and opened in 1860, comprises 
about eighteen acres, divided into Protestant, Baptist and Catholic 
sections, and there have been about 19,000 interments in its plots 
and graves. The principal plot owners are German residents of 
Hoboken and Jersey City. Single graves, 3x8x6 ft., cost from $17 
to 125 for adult, and $9 to $12 for child. Lot graves are 2.6x7x6 ft. 



113 Leonard's Manual of The Cemeteries. 



for one body, and eight feet deep for two bodies. Lots cost $25, 
and upwards, and admit of three graves, and upwards. Cost of 
opening graves is $5 to $8 for adult, and |3 to $5 for child, ac- 
cording to depth at $1 per foot. One body to a single grave, and 
two bodies to a lot grave. Tw^elve hours' notice required for the 
opening of a grave. No body is permitted to remain in the receiv- 
ing vault longer than forty-eight hours without a permit, but if a 
lot or grave is purchased in the cemetery, no charge is made for use 
of the vault. If a body is removed from the cemetery $10 is 
charged for the first month in vault, and $5 for each succeeding 
month. No wooden enclosure allowed, and when vacated a grave 
reverts to the cemetery. R. C. H. Eaheff, President ; Jacob Neu- 
scheler, Vice-President ; August Mailer, Secretary ; Louis Becker, 
Treasurer, and Louis Becker, Jn, Superintendent. 



WHITE PLAINS RURAL CEMETERY, 

White plains, n. y. 

OFFICE AT CEMETERY. 

This old and picturesque cemetery is situated about one mile north 
of White Plains depot on the New York and Harlem Railroad, and 
comprises about twenty-five acres. It was originally the local 
Methodist Church graveyard, and over 1,000 bodies have been in- 
terred. Single graves for adult, 3x8x6 ft. $9, including opening, 
and child $5. Plots 16x16 ft. $75, and upwards. Opening grave 
$5 for adult, and $3 for child. One body to a grave. W, Shamp- 
nois, Superintendent, 



Leonard's Manual of The Cemeteries. 113 

WOODLAND CEMETERY, 

NEWARK, N. J. 
OFFICE, 922 Broad St, Newark, N, J. 

Woodland Cemetery is situated in the westerly portion of 
Newark, N. J., near Eighteenth Avenue, and is reached from that 
city by Springfield Avenue. It was opened in 1855 and since that 
time about 25,000 bodies have been buried within its limits. The 
average number of interments per year is 1,200, The grounds 
comprise about thirty-five acres, which are divided into family 
lots and single graves. Size of single graves 2, 3, 4x1 feet and 
cost $4, $6, $8 and $10. Plots $75 and upwards. Opening graves 
|l2, $3, $5, and vault charges $5. Twenty-four hours' notice 
required to secure opening of grave. No wooden enclosures 
allowed. Charles Hayes, President, and Thomas Speer, Super- 
intendent. 



WOODLAND CEMETERY, 

Richmond turnpike, staten island, n. y. 

OFFICE, 157 Broad St.. Stapleton, S. I. 

This cemetery comprises about ten acres and was opened in the 
year 1854. It is situated on the Richmond Turnpike, Town of 
Middletown, S. I., and is reached by the Staten Island ferry to 



114 Leonard's Manual of The Cemeteries. 






St. George, the distance from the latter place being two miles. 
About 6,000 bodies have been buried in this cemetery, and the yearly 
number of interments is 150. Single graves 3x8x6 feet $10 for 
adult and $6 for child. Lots 16x16 feet $65 and admit eight graves. 
Reopening large grave $5, child's $3. Two adult bodies to a 
grave. Eight hours' notice required for opening a grave. Vault 
charge is $10 for indefinite period of time. No green hoops or 
w^ood allowed for enclosure of lots. Michael Kaffer is President 
and Superintendent of this cemetery. 



WOODLAWN CEMETERY, 

JEROME AVENUE, NEW YORK. 
OFFICE, 20 East 23d St., New York. 

Woodlawn Cemetery is situated in the Twenty-fourth Ward, 
New York City, on the line of the New York tt Harlem, and the 
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroads, twelve miles from 
the Grand Central Station, and it is reached by the former road as 
well as by Jerome Avenue from the Harlem River Bridge. It was 
organized December 29, 1863, and improvements were begun in the 
spring of 1864. The first interment was made Januar\' 14, 1865. The 



Leonard's Manual op The Cemeteries. 115 



cemetery comprises 400 acres magnificently laid out under the lawn 
plan, for Woodlawn is one of the pioneers in adopting this princi- 
ple for cemetery embellishment. The result is that this is one of 
the most beautiful cemeteries to be found in any part of the world. 
The development of the property to its present high state of beauty, 
has been enhanced by the erection of the most costly and imposing 
monuments and private tombs of any cemetery in the United 
States. The tomb of Jay Gould is located here, as well as those of 
many of the rich and influential citizens of the metropolis, and among 
its dead are Admiral Farragut, ex-Mayor Havemeyer, Augustus 
Schell, Sidney Dillon and others distinguished in their particular 
spheres of action. Millions of dollars are represented in expendi- 
tures in beautifying the cemetery and in the erection of monuments 
and tombs, and the work continues to go on. The cemetery is laid 
out in about forty plots, each plot bearing an appropriate name, 
and there is a number of artificial lakes, which with miles of the 
best of roads and paths, and the choicest trees and shrubs, combine 
to make it a beautiful city of the dead. Tliere are about 2,000 
annual interments, and the estimated number of ])odies buried 
within the limits of this cemetery is 46,000. 

Prices : 
Avenue lots $1,50, $1.75, $3.00, and $2.50 per square foot. Open 
path lots $1.50, $1.75, and $2.00 per square foot. Grass path lots 
$1.25 and $1.50 per square foot. Lots admitting ten graves may be 
had for from $400 to $1,000, according to location. Corner posts 
for same, $12. Lots admitting six graves, for $250 and $300, 
according to location. Corner posts for same, $9. Lots admitting 






116 Leonard's Manual of The Cemeteries. 



four graves, for $162.50 and |175, according to location. Comer 
posts for same, $7 and $9. Lots admitting three graves, for $1:25 
and $160, according to location. Corner posts for same, $7. 

Price of adult grave, including opening, in Receiving Lot, $50, 
with $80 rebate if removed at any time. Single graves, including 
opening, $30 for adult and $20 for child under ten years. Two 
bodies to a single grave, and if a body is removed from these graves 
at any time $12.50 will be refunded for an adult and $8 for a child. 
Opening tombs $5 ; adult graves, usual depth of six feet, $5, chil- 
dren's graves under ten years $4. Receiving tomb deposits are : 
$30 for adult and |24 for child under ten years. For placing a 
body in the Receiving Tomb a charge is made of $5 per month for 
an adult and $4 per month for a child, In all cases the body must 
be removed within three months. If removed from the cemetery, 
an additional charge of $5 for adults and |4 for children is made. 
The charges, as above stated, will be deducted from the deposit. If 
not removed in three months, the remains will be interred in a 
grave prepared for that purpose. 

Cost of funeral train, car Woodlawn, to cemetery and back is 
$50 ; for car attached to passenger train $35 ; for ordinary car 
attached to passenger train $25 ; for conveyance of remains from 
New York to Woodlawn $1 ; railroad fare, excursion, to cemetery, 
is 35 cents. 

W. A. Booth is President of AVoodlawn Cemetery Corporation, 
Caleb B. Knevals, Vice-President and Comptroller; Charles S. 
Smith, Treasurer; James D. Smith, Secretary, and Charles P. 
Knevals, Assistant Treasurer. Henry J. Diering is Superintendent. 



Leonards Manual of The Cemeteries. 11' 

BOARD OF HEALTH OF NEW YORK. 

OFFICE, Criminal Court Budding, 
Franklin and Centre Streets, New York. 



The Office of the Board of Health is open daily from 8 A. m. until 
5 p. M., except on Sunday, when it closes at noon. All permits 
must be obtained there for internng a body dying within the city, 
and no dead body can be removed from one place to another, un- 
less it be from an hospital, institution or coroner's case, without the 
regular permit. No body can be buried within the limits of the 
city of New York, whether in a cemetery, vault or tomb without 
a special permit from the Board of Health, and this same require- 
ment is enforced regarding the disinterring or removal of a body from 
any grave, vault or tomb located as above. No new burying ground 
will be allowed wdthin the city, nor can any existing cemetery, 
Trinity and Woodlawn Cemeteries excepting, be opened, and vault 
or tomb be disturbed without the stated permit, and every body 
deposited in such must lie at least within six feet of the surface of 
the ground, and four feet below any closely adjacent street. A 
body cannot be transported across a ferry, or in a boat, or railroad 
car without the requisite permit, but any permit issued within the 



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States of New York and New Jersey bearing the place of burial on 
its face will obviate tlie necessity of securing a permit from the 
local Health Board, if accompanied by a body. 

All cases of sudden deaths, deaths by violence, poison, accident 
or injury, or otherwise unnatural within the City of New York 
come under the jurisdiction of the coroner of New York, and the 
offices of this official is in the same building as the Board of Health. 
Public funerals of any kind, of persons old or young, dying from 
contagious diseases are strictly prohibited, and such bodies must be 
buried in properly sealed coffins or caskets within forty-eight hours 
after death. No permit will be issued by the Board of Health for 
the disinterment of a body unless the specific authorization from 
the nearest relative or friend or agent accompanies the application. 
Bodies from incoming steamers can only be removed by permit 
from the Board of Health. If arriving in New York City, and if by 
train arriving in Jersey City or Hoboken, from a distance without 
the State of New Jersey a new permit must be obtained in the latter 
cities before the body can be brought into New York City. 




NEWTOWN TAX 



The Newtown Tax wasiDaugurated by the Newtown, L. I., Board 
of Health some years ago, with the avowed object of relieving the 
township to a large extent of a tax necessary to keep the roads in 
good condition, and consists of $1 imposed for each interment in 
the town limits. The measure proved to be very objectionable to 
the undertakers of New Yoik and Brooklyn, and they made 
repeated but unsuccessful efforts to induce the Legislature to 
remove it. The claim was advanced that the object of the measure 
was not carried out, but, despite the opposition that had been 
marshalled against its continuance, the tax remains in force. 
The Newtown Board of Health has an office near the headquarters 
of the Brooklyn Board of Health and another in New York, 
at 62 East Houston Street, and permits are obtained for interments 
at either place for the cemeteries within its jurisdiction. No charge 
is made for bodies of persons who die as charges on public institu- 
tions, or whose survivors are too poor to pay the required tax. 
About 2,000 acres in Newtown are utilized for cemetery purposes, 
and nearly 1,500,000 bodies are buried in the various cemeteries 
comprising the same. The average yearly income derived by 
the town of Newtown from this tax is $35,000. These cemeteries 
come under the Newtown tax requirement : Calvary, Mount Zion, 
Linden Hill, Cypress Hills, New Union Fields, St. John, St, 
Michael's, Mount Olivet, Evergreens, Union Field, Macpela and 
Lutheran. 

Portions of Calvary, Evergreens and Cypress 
Hills are exempt from the tax for wiiich see those 
Cemeteries. 



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UNITED STATES CREMATION CO., 

CREMATORY, FRESH POND, L. I. 
OFFICE, 62 E. Houston St., New York. 

The crematory and columbarium of the United States Cremation 
Company is located near Fresh Pond Station, Long Island 
Railroad, opposite Lutheran Cemetery, about four miles from the 
Brooklyn Bridge, and all East River ferries above that point. It 
is reached by Thirty-fourth Street ferry, James Slip ferry, and rail 
from Long Island CityJ; Roosevelt, Grand Street, Broadway, Tenth 
Street and Twenty-third Street ferries, by North Second Street cars, 
Brooklyn, E. D., or by Bushwick Avenue cars and steam cars from 
Bushwick. From Brooklyn by the 3lyrtle Avenue, Greene and 
Gates Avenue cars, or Union Elevated Railroad to Ridgewood, and 
thence by Lutheran Cemetery cars. 

The company charges $35 for an incineration of an adult, and $25 
for a child under ten years, prepaid. Incinerations are made daily, 
and applications for the same must be made at the company's office 
with the regular permits as are procured for the burial of a body. 
All bodies are incinerated in the clothing as received, but no coffin 
or casket is allowed to be removed from the crematory but is 
burned up after the incineration takes place. The ashes are de- 
livered at the company's office the day after the incineration. Over 
1,000 bodies have been cremated by this company. Louis Lange 
is President ; D. W. Craig, Treasurer, and S. Berendsohn, 
Secretarv. 






ERRATA, 



Flushing Cemetery, page 40, name George Paple, Secretary, read 
George Pople. 

Title New York Cemetery, page 78, read New York Bay Ceme- 
tery. 



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INDEX 



CEMETERY. PAGE 

Ahawa Cheseds 4 

Arlington 4 

Baptist 7 

Bay side 7 

Bay View 8 

Beechwood 9 

Bergen 11 

B'nai Abraham 11 

B'nai Israel 12 

B'nai Jacob 18 

B'nai Seshurun 18 

Calvary 14 

Cedar Grove 18 

Cedar Lawn 20 

Chevra B'nai Sholau 21 

City Cemetery, New York 21 

City Cemetery, Brooklyn 22 

City Cemetery, Jersey City and Hoboken 23 

City Cemetery, Newark 23 

City Cemetery, Paterson 



on 



Clinton. 25 



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Constable Hook 26 

Cypress Hills 26 

Dutch Reformed 28 

Episcopal 30 

EvergreeDS 30 

Evergreen, Elizabeth, N. J 32 

Evergreen, New Brunswick, N. J 32 

Fairlawn 33 

Fairmount 35 

Fairview 36 

Flatlands 37 

Flower Hill 38 

Flushing 38 

Fountain 40 

Friendly Hand 41 

Friends 41 

Greenwood 42 

Hazel wood 46 

Holy Cross 46 

Hoboken 47 

Holy Name 48 

Holy Sepulchre, East Orange, N. J 50 

Holy Sepulchre, New Rochelle, N. Y 51 

Holy Trinity 51 

Jersey City 52 

Keusico 52 

Laurel Grove 57 



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Linden Hill 58 

Lutheran 59 

Macpela 61 

Macpelah 61 

]Maimonides 62 

Maple Grove 62 

Marble 63 

Moravian 65 

Mount Calvary 66 

Mount Hope, Jamaica, L. 1 67 

Mount Hope, Westchester County, N. Y 67 

Mount Neboh 70 

Mount Olivet, Maspeth, L. 1 71 

Mount Olivet, Elizabeth, N. J 72 

Mount Pleasant 72 

Mount St. Mary's 74 

Morgue of New York City 74 

Mount ZioD 75 

National 76 

New Union Fields 77 

New York 77 

New York Bay 78 

Nyack Rural 79 

Oak Hill 80 

Oakland 81 

Oheb Schalom 82 

Paterson 82 



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Potter's Field {see City Cemeteries) 21-25 

Presbyterian • 83 

Quaker 83 

Raffeiner 84 

Railway 84 

Ridgefield 84 

Rockland 86 

Roman Catholic 89 

Rosedale 90 

St. John 91 

St. John's, Orange, N. J 92 

St. John's, Yonkers, X. Y 92 

St. Joseph's 93 

St. Mary's, Rahway, N. J 93 

St. Mary's, Clifton, S. 1 94 

St. Mary's, Yonkers, N. Y 94 

St. Michael's 95 

St. Nicholas 96 

St. Peter's, Jersey City 96 

St. Peter's, Staten Island 97 

St. Raymond's 98 

Salem Fields 99 

Sandy Hill 100 

Schraalenberg 101 

Shareth Israel 101 

Silver Mount 102 

Sleepy Hollow 103 



120 Lkonard's Manual of The Cemeteimks. 



Speer's lOo 

Staten Island 106 

Temple Bethel 10(> 

Trinity, Brooklyn 1 07 

Trinity, New York 107 

Union, Rye, N. Y 108 

Union Field 1 09 

Wasliino-ton 110 

AVeeluiwken and Palisade Ill 

AVhite Plains Rural lia 

Woodland, Newark, N. .1 11:5 

Woodland, Staten Island 113 

Woodlawn 114 

Board of Health 117 

Newtown Tax 1 10 

United States Cremation Co 120 



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